Named the greatest male film star of all time by the American Film Institute, Bogart defined the noir detective role, creating the persona of “cool” along the way. The Academy Award winner dominated the 1940s and 1950s with a long list of now-classic films.

The series will open on Jan. 13 with the film that made Bogart a star with his role as Sam Spade in an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon.” The 1941 classic tale of deception and greed follows Spade’s investigation into the murder of his partner, which leads him into a web of intrigue revolving around a valuable statue of a falcon. The film was the directorial debut of John Huston and co-stars Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Mary Astor as the treacherous female foil.