Talk:The Dain Curse

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Family's name[edit]

The family's name is Leggett, not Leggett-Dain. The "Dain Curse" of the title refers to a curse on Gabrielle Leggett's mother's family, the Dains -- Gabrielle herself is a Leggett, at least until her marriage. AAHoug 04:05, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Ignored by Hollywood.[edit]

A curious point about the Dain Curse is that Hollywood always passed over suggestions to transfer the Book to the Silver Screen. While The Maltese Falcon had been a runaway success, Hollywood, some would say 'mysteriously' left The Dain Curse on the shelf.

Suggestions for this reluctance by the studios to build on the popularity of Hammet at the time include the story line of religious con men using drugs and fake special effects, also what some saw as the 'rambling' nature of the story which seemed to lack focus. Johnwrd (talk) 11:20, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removing template[edit]

The Manual of Style/Novels states that "A novel is a primary source for its own plot summary. ...Any part of the summary that is not purely description requires a secondary source." This plot summary is purely descriptive, so I'm removing the "This section does not cite any sources" template. -- Pete Best Beatles (talk) 07:34, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]