Historical Context: September, 1942

The Maltese Falcon was offered in September of 1942 at Bob’s Theatre on Main Street in Twin Bridges, Montana. 

World events during September of 1942 were dominated by war news. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his national fireside chats. In September he updated the nation on the progress of the war. In a similar vein, Winston Churchill reviewed the course of the war in an address to the British House of Commons.

On a lighter note, cartoonist Walt Kelly introduced the characters of Pogo the Possum and Albert the Alligator in the story “Albert Takes the Cake”  in Animal Comics issue #1.

Births during September of 1942 included German movie director Warner Herzog (born Sept. 5 in Munich Germany) and Gerry Marsden, musician, television personality and leader of Gerry and the Pacemakers (born September 24 in Toxteth, Liverpool, England).