Tuesday, September 18, 2007

After the Thin Man (1936)

9/17/07

(San Fransico; News Years 1935?)

The second ‘Thin Man’ picture takes up right where the first left off, ala ‘Babe: Pig in the City’. This time newly wed detective Nick Charles (William Powell) and his heiress wife Nora (Mryna Loy) are called into the service of family after Nora’s cousians husband goes missing. A worthy sequel to the first film it boasts the same sly sense of humor, and complicated mystery plot, as well as a large new cast of supporting players. Nick’s conversation with snoring family members an inspired bit of distraction. James Stewart appears in one of his earliest film roles.

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