Monday, 26 March 2018
"A man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk."
Sydney Greenstreet made one of the most memorable debuts in film history when he played the grasping Kaspar Gutman in John Huston'sThe Maltese Falcon (1941). The film encapsulated much of the spirit of Dashiell Hammett's novel and became an instant classic, ushering in a new age of film noir. Greenstreet was sixty-one and had hitherto withheld his talents from the big screen. His career stretched back to 1899 when he first played in amateur dramatics and ended in 1951 with The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe. In between he played everything from Shakespeare to musical comedy, via farce and some of the most acclaimed plays of the 1930s.
Greenstreet had a career like no other and I hope my book about him does justice to one of the finest character actors of his era. Included are well over 100 photographs, many of which have never been seen before.
The Life and Times of Sydney Greenstreet is published by Bear Manor Media and will be available as a softcover, hardcover, ebook and audiobook. See the link below:
http://www.bearmanormedia.com/life-and-times-of-sydney-greenstreet-softcover-edition-by-derek-sculthorpe
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