Rule #1 - Don’t have money
Rule #2 - Don’t have a gold-digging ex-wife who siphons off money from you to support her gigolo.
Rule #3 - Don’t have an accountant with a criminal record.
Rule #4 - Don’t have a girlfriend who used to be a gangster’s moll.
Rule #5 - Don’t’ have a lawyer.
Which of these rules is the most important? Watch The Thin Man and find out. Even if you don't need advice on how to avoid being a murder victim, watch The Thin Man. It may have been released in 1934, but it still packs in the laughs. It is rather odd that it is so funny, when it is a murder mystery. But this is what makes it such a classic. Pay attention to the playful banter between Nick and Nora Charles. It is hilarious. Amazing how it still stands up after 73 years. Some things don't age so well about the movie. Some of the actors overact - Mimi Jorgensen for example. The "action" sequences are another. We all know that the hero of the story is bulletproof, but in this case he's bulletproof at point blank range.
One quick question, anyone read the novel by Dashiell Hammett? I wonder if Nick and Nora Clark are as funny. I guess I'll have to add it to my Christmas list.
If you didn't know this, there is a series of Thin Man movies, including After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man. All of these have William Powell and Myra Loy as the lead actors. I also think Asta makes an appearance in them, in case you were wondering. Do you think they kill off a thin man with white hair in each one?
at December 5, 2005 8:19 PM