This was very good. When it comes to these two actors, it is always great (personally speaking)
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After the Thin Man an excellent old movie
Added 1/7/2010
I really enjoyed this movie. The Thin Man series is classic, and the humor and witty interaction between Nick and Nora are clever. I especially like the antics of their cute dog, Asta.
The only negative about these movies is the emphasis on the main character's drinking. The drinking is glamorized and shown as a positive attribute, which is not a good thing. But his tendency to drink continually is a strong part of his personality throughout all the Thin Man movies and contributes to the humor. If you like whodunit comedy/drama detective vintage movies, you'll love this Thin Man movie!
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"Whaddaya mean "illiterate"? My father and mother were married right here in the city hall!"
Added 7/15/2009
William Powell and Myrna Loy return as Nick and Nora Charles in the first "Thin Man" sequel, AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936). Again directed by Woody "One-Take" Van Dyke, this is very much a case of the sequel matching the original, step for lively step.
Arriving back at their San Francisco home just in time for New Years Eve, Nick and Nora are immediately plunged into yet another baffling murder mystery, this time concerning Nora's cousin Selma (Elissa Landi), who is discovered holding a gun over the dead body of her philandering husband. The red herrings fly thick and fast with wonderful performances all-round; including Penny "Blondie" Singleton as the singer of the Lychee Club, Jessie Ralph as Nora's crusty Aunt, and young Jimmy Stewart as a cow-eyed bachelor in love with Selma.
AFTER THE THIN MAN is brimming with all the witty, playful dialogue between Powell and Loy that also marked the original "Thin Man", and it's always a pleasure to see this duo gracing the screen. A real treat!
The DVD includes the vintage Robert Benchley short "How to Be a Detective", cartoon "The Early Bird and the Worm", and the trailer.
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Mixed experience- great movie, though
Added 3/20/2009
While I enjoyed the movie (watched it with my parents who love this series), the video came in spurts. I watched this through amazon's video on demand on a G5 iMac. There were several times where the video started chopping. At first I thought the lag was due to a lack of buffering, but throughout the movie (pausing to buffer every ten minutes) I decided that maybe the service wasn't there- amazon VOD was brand new at the time. Never once did it say that it was buffering, and pausing to let it buffer never actually changed the amount of time we could watch it without interruption. And it wasn't my parents' connection speed- they watch hulu all the time and had never seen a buffer in their life. For now, I chalk it up to a new service getting through the hiccups, but my folks are a hard sell to try it again. Maybe after amazon's VOD gets some positive press in a blog or news article I'll return to try it again.
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Myrna Loy Dresses Up William Powell!
Added 2/7/2009
This is the second of the series. It takes Nick and Nora to their home in San Francisco - yes they do have a house somewhere! The dog, Asta, steals a few scenes and you get to see a young Jimmie Stewart! It's a typical Thin Man who done it with Nick's benign criminal friends, not too smart cops, and the chemistry of Loy and Powell.
NOTE: Myrna Loy was quite a patriot. During WWII she was at the front of bond drives and the Canteen USO support for our troops. She was so outspoken about Fascism and Hitler that she was placed on Hitler's infamous black list. Later in life she was a civil rights champion - way before it became popular. She was probably on the KKK black list too!
Did I mention that she had a great figure for a California girl!
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This was very good. When it comes to these two actors, it is always great (personally speaking)
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After the Thin Man an excellent old movie
Added 1/7/2010
I really enjoyed this movie. The Thin Man series is classic, and the humor and witty interaction between Nick and Nora are clever. I especially like the antics of their cute dog, Asta.
The only negative about these movies is the emphasis on the main character's drinking. The drinking is glamorized and shown as a positive attribute, which is not a good thing. But his tendency to drink continually is a strong part of his personality throughout all the Thin Man movies and contributes to the humor. If you like whodunit comedy/drama detective vintage movies, you'll love this Thin Man movie!
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"Whaddaya mean "illiterate"? My father and mother were married right here in the city hall!"
Added 7/15/2009
William Powell and Myrna Loy return as Nick and Nora Charles in the first "Thin Man" sequel, AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936). Again directed by Woody "One-Take" Van Dyke, this is very much a case of the sequel matching the original, step for lively step.
Arriving back at their San Francisco home just in time for New Years Eve, Nick and Nora are immediately plunged into yet another baffling murder mystery, this time concerning Nora's cousin Selma (Elissa Landi), who is discovered holding a gun over the dead body of her philandering husband. The red herrings fly thick and fast with wonderful performances all-round; including Penny "Blondie" Singleton as the singer of the Lychee Club, Jessie Ralph as Nora's crusty Aunt, and young Jimmy Stewart as a cow-eyed bachelor in love with Selma.
AFTER THE THIN MAN is brimming with all the witty, playful dialogue between Powell and Loy that also marked the original "Thin Man", and it's always a pleasure to see this duo gracing the screen. A real treat!
The DVD includes the vintage Robert Benchley short "How to Be a Detective", cartoon "The Early Bird and the Worm", and the trailer.
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