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Cancer Minor 
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TITLE |
Dash
and Lily (1999) (TV Film) |
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DISABILITY |
Cancer
Tubercolosis Alcoholism |
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NOTES |
This is the
story of the romance between Dashiell Hammett |
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Dashiell
Hammett wrote The Maltese Falcon and The Thin |
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Man. The
former was twice made into a film, the 1941 |
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version with
Humphrey Bogart becoming a classic. The Thin |
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Man became a
series of films of outstanding quality with |
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William
Powell and Myrna Loy. A small part of Hammett's life |
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was
previously seen in Julia (1977). |
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Lillian
Hellman wrote screenplays and plays including These |
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Three
(1936), The Little Foxes (1941), and Watch on the |
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Their
refusal to marry would hardly be noticed these days but |
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in the
1930s/40s was a matter for comment. |
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During the
1950s McCarthy witch hunt Hammett despite |
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having
served in both World Wars was accused of being a |
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communist
and sent to prison for six months because he |
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would not
say where the funds came from for the Civil Right |
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Congress.
Hellman was blacklisted because she would not |
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name her
left wing associates saying "I cannot and will not cut |
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my
conscience to fit this year's fashions." |
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Hammett
never wrote again and died from a combination of |
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tubercolosis
and lung cancer. Hellman went on to write Toys |
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in the Attic
(1963) and The Chase (1966) and as well the book on which the
aforementioned Julia was based. |
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A good film
if you already know the story and are familiar with |
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Hammet and
Hellman especially so because of the |
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performances
of Shephard and Davis. |
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