Word: jacobi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...favorite character in The Maltese Falcon is Captain Jacobi, played by Walter Huston, the old man in Treasure of Sierra Madre and the father of the director. He bursts into the office of Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), gasps "Falcon!" and dies. But the film offers still more: Sidney Greenstreet at his most rotund, Elisha Cook in an oversized overcoat. This third and most faithful adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel dwarfed its predecessors and became the screen's classic American crime tale. This was the film that established John Huston as a director...
...kind of double-edged role that became "Bogey." The third and most faithful adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel dwarfed its predecessors and became the screen's classic American crime tale. Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and Sidney Greenstreet lead a cast that's perfect right down to Captain Jacobi, molding exciting mystery around the deceptive personality of detective Sam Spade...
...less healthy than heroin babies, and are born with a greater incidence of respiratory distress and jaundice. "Their symptoms of withdrawal last longer and worsen progressively," he says. Gartner has recently discovered a rare and particularly ominous methadone problem. Five babies born at the college's affiliate, Abraham Jacobi Hospital, showed no withdrawal signs until between two and three weeks after birth, by which time the infant is usually away from constant medical supervision. Says Gartner: "We presume that there is a large buildup of methadone in the baby, which he slowly uses up and then begins exhibiting signs...
...kind of double-edged role that became "Bogey." The third and most faithful adaptation of Dushiell Hammett's novel dwarfed its predecessors and became the screen's classic American crime tale. Mary Astor, Peter Lerre, and Sidney Greenstreet lead a cast that's perfect right down in Captain Jacobi, modling exciting mystery around the deceptive personality of detective Sam Spade...
...altarpiece, circa 1565, form one of the chief treasures of St. Leonard's Church. The triptych shows scenes in the life of St. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary. The Bible has no mention of Anne. The only source is the apocryphal gospel known as the Protoevangelium Jacobi, written in 170-180 A.D. This account has it that Anne and Joachim were devoted, but Anne could not conceive. So Joachim went into the desert to meditate; his wife stayed home to worry. An angel appeared to Anne, Joachim had a vision in the desert, and Joachim and Anne...