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25 December 1936 (USA)
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Continuing the fun in their NEW hit!
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Selma asks Nick to find her missing husband. He had been seeing a bit on the side, and blackmailing a local criminal. David Graham claims he paid the missing husband to get rid of a former girlfriend. Will Nick locate him? full summary | full synopsis
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Murder
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New Year's Eve
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Infidelity
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Face Slap
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Forgery
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Nominated for Oscar.
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(2 articles)
This Week At The Alamo: The Alamo Guide for Dec 19!
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 17 December 2008, 10:14 PM, PST)
After The Thin Man New Year's Eve Party: celebrate in style (and first!) at The Ritz
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 8 December 2008, 2:25 PM, PST)
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 17 December 2008, 10:14 PM, PST)
After The Thin Man New Year's Eve Party: celebrate in style (and first!) at The Ritz
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 8 December 2008, 2:25 PM, PST)
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"Come on, let's get something to eat. I'm thirsty."
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | William Powell | ... | Nick Charles |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Nora Charles |
 | James Stewart | ... | David |
 | Elissa Landi | ... | Selma |
| Joseph Calleia | ... | 'Dancer' |
| Jessie Ralph | ... | Aunt Katherine |
| Alan Marshal | ... | Robert (as Alan Marshall) |
| Teddy Hart | ... | Floyd Casper |
| Sam Levene | ... | Abrams |
| Penny Singleton | ... | Polly (as Dorothy McNulty) |
| William Law | ... | Lum Kee |
| George Zucco | ... | Dr. Kammer |
| Paul Fix | ... | Phil |
| Asta | ... | Asta |
| Mrs. Asta | ... | Mrs. Asta |
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112 min | Canada:113 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Though William Powell and Myrna Loy were very close friends off-screen, their only romantic moments together occurred on-screen. The public, however, was determined to have them married in private life as well. When the two stars showed up in San Francisco (where most of After the Thin Man (1936) was shot) at the St. Francis, the hotel management proudly showed "Mr. and Mrs. Powell" to their deluxe suite. This was an especially uncomfortable moment as Jean Harlow, who was engaged to Powell, was with them, and the couple had not made a public statement about their relationship. Harlow saved the day by insisting on sharing the suite with Loy: "That mix-up brought me one of my most cherished friendships," Loy said in her biography Being and Becoming. "You would have thought Jean and I were in boarding school we had so much fun. We'd stay up half the night talking and sipping gin, sometimes laughing, sometimes discussing more serious things." Meanwhile, Powell got the hotel's one remaining room - a far humbler accommodation downstairs.
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Continuity: At the Charles' apartment, Asta reaches into the fish bowl for the rock, then a moment later, Nora picks him up and he is completely dry.
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Lum Kee, Lichee Club Co-Owner:
You bet you. You catch my brother. You play trick on him.
Nick Charles: No play trick on him, no catch him. You bet you. Is he still in?
Lum Kee, Lichee Club Co-Owner: You bet you. For five years more.
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Nick Charles: No play trick on him, no catch him. You bet you. Is he still in?
Lum Kee, Lichee Club Co-Owner: You bet you. For five years more.
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Referenced in Young Frankenstein (1974)
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Blow That Horn
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Some weeks ago I expressed my absolute enthusiasm for 'The Thin Man (1934),' a delightfully humorous murder mystery/comedy classic, starring the inimitable comedic marriage of William Powell and Myrna Loy as husband-and-wife detectives Nick and Nora Charles. This original film, after a solid box-office run and four Academy Award nominations, spawned a respectable five sequels, and a radio and television series. 'After the Thin Man' is the first of these sequels, released in 1936.
As the original trailer for the film proudly proclaims, 'After the Thin Man' brought back the three writers of the original hit (Dashiell Hammett, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett), the same director (W.S. Van Dyke) and, of course, the three huge film stars in Powell, Loy and, of course, Asta the dog (the wire-haired terrier whose birth-name was Skippy). True to its promise, the film is every bit as witty, hilarious and suspenseful as its predecessor, masterfully melding Nick and Nora's playful banter with another twisted mystery of love, betrayal, blackmail and murder. And look out for a memorable supporting performance from a young James Stewart, who was yet to hit it big with the likes of Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock.
The sequel takes place just a day or two after where 'The Thin Man' left off, as Nick and Nora prepare to depart from the train that brought them back home to San Francisco. Like the original film, the actually murder mystery is quite a messy one, though the writers have luckily decided to tone down, just slightly, the number of interwoven threads this time around. With nothing in mind but sleeping for a month, our favourite detective couple are surprised to walk into a welcome-home party held by people they don't even know, before they are invited to Nora's Aunt Katherine's (Jessie Ralph) house for dinner. Whilst there, Nora's cousin Selma (Elissa Landi) reveals that her husband, Robert (Alan Marshal), has been missing for three days.
The filmmakers have, once again, managed to round up a terrific cast to complement the talents of its two sparkling leads. I particularly enjoyed the contribution of Jessie Ralph as Aunt Katherine, who absolutely detests Nick and addresses him as "Nich-o-larse!" Nick's obsession with alcohol also continues, though he maintains his uncanny ability to switch painlessly between a drunken stupor and completely alert sobriety. The good-natured inter-marital sledging that made the original film so enjoyable still carries a razor-sharp wit, and, in one hilarious sequence, Nick even goes as far as pretending not to recognise his wife so she can be temporarily detained in a jail cell.
'After the Thin Man' is one of those very rare occasions when a sequel is good enough to sit shoulder-to-shoulder with its predecessor. A mixture of clever writing, talented directing and an infectious chemistry between the cast members worked to ensure that the partnership between Nick and Nora Charles would be a prolonged one.