Review of The Maltese Falcon

This film remains proof of how much 'Chuck Norris' quality acting was common in the 1930's. Every actor seems to be reading his lines off of a teleprompter, never having seen them on a script before. I watched this decades after seeing the 1941 version. All I can say, is I've seen better acting in primary school plays. I can't imagine a movie studio exec watching the dailies and allowing this tripe to continue to be made. I'm guessing that the studio owed some sort of favor to a director, producer or actor. I guess it might have been a good matinee for school children, though.... or perhaps people that thought Blair Witch movies enjoyable.