The Mystery Of The Black Bird

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Tv & Film, Film History

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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For decades, the world has been obsessed by a particular mystery, but the tale behind it is even more of an enigma... To get the whole story, and experience every Secret History Of Hollywood episode, go on over now to ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠⁠⁠ Signing up only takes a moment, and you'll get instant access to an entire world of storytelling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	I've rolled out uni because I want to live at home.
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0:49.3	Harry, what is it?
0:53.8	The stuff that dreams are made of.
0:57.0	Huh?
0:58.0	It wasn't just the black bird at the heart of the Maltese falcon
1:04.0	that was fashioned from the stuff that dreams are made of.
1:10.0	The movie itself could well have been pulled from the elusive shadows and folklore of
1:15.9	midnight's imagination.
1:20.6	Film noir itself had long been germinating in the recesses of cinema, taking shape among
1:25.6	the shadows and the corners themselves.
1:29.1	German expressionism of the 1910s and 20s had influenced movement and design.
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