Maltese Falcon Society winning author receives a certificate of merit and a falcon sculpture crafted in wood. Maltese Falcon Society The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel "The Maltese Falcon," and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan. The Maltese Falcon Society
The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) well and give her whatever she wants. When the matron asks who will pay for the special treatment, Spade tells her to send the bill to the D.A.'s office: "I'll OK it." "The Maltese Falcon" was not the first Hammett story to be adapted into a motion picture. Both "Red Harvest" (filmed in 1930 as "Roadhouse Nights") and "City Streets" (1931), based on a short story and starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney, preceded it. Working titles for the film were "All Women", "A Woman of the World" and "Dangerous Female". Some scenes in the film were shot on location