{"id":41819,"date":"2026-06-06T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41819"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:06:24","slug":"41819","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41819","title":{"rendered":"“Satan Met a Lady” (1936) starring Bette Davis, William Warren and Marie Wilson \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Satan Met a Lady <\/i>(1936)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: William Dieterle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: \u00a0Brown Holmes;\u00a0<\/strong>based on THE MALTESE FALCON<\/a> by Dashiell Hammett.<\/p>\n

Stars:\u00a0 Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher, Porter Hall, Olin Howland\u00a0<\/strong>and Marie Wilson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: She recalled how three men met their death…searching for a treasure that had left a trail of blood through twelve centuries! <\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Detective Ted Shane has just returned to town. Milton Ames, Shane’s former partner reluctantly agrees to work with Shane again.\u00a0 They parted ways since Shane, a lady’s man, once was romantically involved with Ames’ wife.\u00a0 Shane has a paying client and money overrides hurt feelings.<\/p>\n

A woman named Valerie Purvis wants to hire Shane and Ames to find a man named Farrow.\u00a0 When both Ames and Farrow are found murdered, Shane realizes there is much more to this case than a missing man.<\/p>\n

Shane is soon approached by Madam Barrabas and Kenneth, her slow-witted, trigger happy son.\u00a0 They want\u00a0 to hire Shane to find an 8th century jewel-filled ivory horn.\u00a0 An English gentleman, Anthony Travers, wants to hire Shane to find it as well.\u00a0 And don’t you know, that’s what Valerie is after too.<\/p>\n

Shane, never one to turn down money, decides to play each against the other and accepts payment from all.\u00a0 Shane’s charm and quick wit have always served him well, but this time he may be in over his head.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Satan Met a Lady<\/em> is based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel THE MALTESE FALCON.\u00a0 Screenwriter, Brown Holmes not only changed the title, he changed the names of the characters (including the lead), the sex of the main antagonist and the object everyone wanted.<\/p>\n

Bette Davis hated the script and complained to studio head Jack Warner.\u00a0 She said she would not do the film.\u00a0 Warner promised Davis better scripts in the future and then suspended her without pay.\u00a0 Reluctantly Davis agreed to the movie.\u00a0 Unfortunately she hated the end result and often said it was her worst film.<\/p>\n

I recently revisited Satan Met a Lady<\/em>.\u00a0 I enjoyed it much more than previous viewings.\u00a0 I always liked the movie, but this time out liked it even more.\u00a0 I think in the past I compared this adaption of THE MALTESE FALCON to Huston and Bogart’s take.\u00a0 Obviously Satan Met a Lady<\/em> suffered by comparison.\u00a0 I was also influenced by Bette Davis’ feelings about the film.\u00a0 This time out, I put past feelings aside and enjoyed a lighthearted 1930s comedy\/mystery.<\/p>\n

Much of my enjoyment of Satan Met a Lady<\/em> came from Marie Wilson’s performance as the ditzy, sexy blonde assistant.<\/p>\n

Satan Met a Lady <\/i>(1936)<\/strong> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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