I runga anō i te pukapuka Dashiell Hammett, i whakaritea tuatahitia ki te pukapuka turanga Black Mask i te tau 1929, koia hoki te pūtake o ngā putanga whitiāhua tōmua e rua; ko hatana Tūtaki ki te Wahine (1936), e whāki ana ki te Bette Davis.