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No-Nonsense Noir: 'The Maltese Falcon'

Photo courtesy Warner Brothers HUMPHREY BOGART never goes out of style, and his most famous film noir (no, "Casablanca" is not film noir), "The Maltese Falcon," is showing at the Portrait Gallery tonight.

Bogart plays a hard-bitten detective drawn into a world of mobsters and modern-day damsels in distress, all chasing after a mysterious (and priceless) figurine of a bird.

This screening is part of the "Ballyhoo!" exhibit, and the Gallery will be showing "On the Waterfront" next week, so mark your calendars to watch Marlon Brando whine about his wasted potential or whatever.

» National Portrait Gallery; 8th and F streets NW; Wed., Oct. 8, 7 p.m., free; 202-633-1000. (Gallery Place)

Photo courtesy Warner Brothers

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