#the thin man films

[lavoixhumaine]

Tim Minear, I got a fucking bone to pick with you.

How the fuck did Nick and Nora, made during the infamous Hays Code era by the way, make out more times than Bobby and Athena? Like I’m not counting (I am and it is zero) but how is that exactly possible?

The film’s characters, supposedly married, weren’t even allowed for sleep in one bed because of those ridiculous rules and yet they seemed to convey more affection and sexual tension.

Meanwhile, you have no such restrictions with these actors today. We’re not even asking them to have movie magic sex, sir. We were just hoping for some actual fun sleuthing adventures with our favorite chaotic couple.

—because that was the expectation you set when you said they were going to be like The Thin Man.

(This should have been a red flag honestly because—in my opinion—apart from “The Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Beyond Belief” with Frank and Sadie Doyle, there has never been a truly good adaptation or inspired piece of The Thin Man which actually has led me to think it’s some kind of curse on its own, like a mini-Macbeth)

How do you reference The Thin Man regarding the episode you wrote? Like sir, Nick and Nora were a rich, chaotic, drunk honeymooning, sleuthing couple with a funny little dog who just happened to solve crimes for funsies because the wise-cracking wife and her cute little nose would not let her husband stay out of trouble.

They made sleuthing look fun and marriage seem sexy which was already a revolutionary idea in the silver screens of the 1930s…like that is the complete opposite of what you wrote in “Abandon ‘Ships”, Mr. Minear. Did you even watch the movies or did someone just say, ‘hey, you know those black and white movies…?’

I don’t mind what you did in the episode. I mind that you uttered complete bullshit about it saying it’s like The Thin Man movies because, no, hell no. Not even close. I really don’t get how you pulled that comment from your ass, sir. Respectfully.

So did you lie or did you just choose to reference the film series because this is another jab at the Oscars? Because as it happens, they also presented the actress who played Nora, Myrna Loy (sidenote: everyone knew she should have won for the 1946 film “The Best Years of Our Lives”) an Honorary Oscar.

So what I’m actually saying is, you kinda suck for lying through your stupid teeth, Tim Minear. So like go kick rocks or something. And maybe don’t ever speak of The Thin Man again if you’re just gonna lie about it.

#angela bassett #athena grant #tv: 911 #bathena #peter krause #bobby nash #bobby x athena #911 on abc #911 #911 abc #the thin man #the thin man films #nick charles #nora charles #nick and nora #aster #hays code #tim minear #oscars #honorary oscar #thrilling adventure hour #beyond belief #frank doyle #sadie doyle

[classicfilmloves]

#1940s #1950s #1930s #classicfilmloves #classic hollywood #classic movies #classic film #classic christmas #old hollywood #polls #tumblr polls #white christmas #meet me in st louis #the bishops wife #the shop around the corner #I'll be seeing you #miracle on 34th street #christmas in connecticut #its a wonderful life #the thin man #Christmas #christmas movies #op

[nine-frames]

"You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles."

The Thin Man, 1936.

Dir. W.S. Van Dyke | Writ. Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich | DOP James Wong Howe

#the thin man #w.s. van dyke #myrna loy #william powell #us film #1930s #pre-code #murder mystery #comedy mystery #10 frames

[animals-in-old-films]

Mr. Asta and Mrs. Asta and their puppies in After the Thin Man (1936)

#animals in old films #cinema #films #old hollywood #animals #black and white #dogs #1930s #1930s movies #the thin man #after the thin man #1936

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

After the Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936)  

#films watched in 2023 #After the Thin Man #Thin Man #1936 #W.S. Van Dyke #W S Van Dyke #William Powell #Myrna Loy #James Stewart #animals #dog #dogs #black and white #sequel #Dashiell Hammett #Elissa Landi #comedy #intrigue #love #christmas #hands #kiss #sleep #siete #guns

[djkerr]

The Thin Man Goes Home 1944

#the thin man #myrna loy #william powell #asta #skippy #1940s #classic film #classic hollywood #Nick and Nora

[stone-cold-groove]

American film star, William Powell.

#william powell #movie stars #film stars #old hollywood glamour #old hollywood #hollywood #the thin man #actors #classic movies #classic films #classic movie stars #classic hollywood

[the-myrna-loy-blog]

Nick and Nora!

Publicity by William Powell and Myrna Loy for The Thin Man Goes Home.  Myrna is especially beautiful in this film!

#Myrna Loy #William Powell #The Thin Man Goes Home #old hollywood #Golden Age of Hollywood #classic film #Nick and Nora #Thin Man

[driveintheaterofthemind]

The Thin Man

Art by Alejandro Mogollo

#Comics #Alejandro Mogollo #Thin Man #Film #Detectives #LIT #William Powell #Myrna Loy #Astra #Art #The Thin Man

[nefertitisfjordd]

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

#song of the thin man #the thin man #nick and nora charles #classic hollywood #classic film #william powell #myrna loy

[blueiskewl]

The Thin Man 1934

Skippy, also known as Asta, a Wire Fox Terrier dog starring in the movie.

#The Thin Man 1934 #1934 comedy-mystery movie #w.s. van dyke #skippy the dog #asta the dog #white fox terrier #dog #cute dogs #pets #adorable pets #cute pets #dogs on tumblr #1930s #1930s film #1930s cinema #1930s movies

[nine-frames]

"Why, Mrs. Charles..."

After the Thin Man, 1936.

Dir. W.S. Van Dyke | Writ. Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich | DOP Oliver T. Marsh

#after the thin man #nick and nora charles #myrna loy #william powell #w.s. van dyke #us film #murder mystery #murder mystery comedy #comedy #1930s #10 frames

[animals-in-old-films]

A turtle race in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

#animals in old films #cinema #films #old hollywood #animals #black and white #1940s #1941 #1940s movies #reptiles #turtles #the thin man #shadow of the thin man 1941 #shadow of the thin man #william powell #myrna loy #donna reed #barry nelson #sam levene

[classicthalassic]

Clarinets + jazz from Song of the Thin Man (1947) dir. Edward Buzzell

#song of the thin man #song of the thin man 1947 #don taylor #keenan wynn #myrna loy #cinemaspast #classicfilmcentral #classicfilmsource #classicfilmloves #classicfilmedit #classicfilmblr #filmedit #filmgifs #musicgifs #uservintage #clarinet #this film wasn't particularly memorable for me #but clarinet is my favorite jazz instrument so I wanted to GIF that

[lesbiancolumbo]

making a christmas watchlist for me and wife :) some old favorites some new watches…. lots of chaos…. lots of fun

#i’m not like looking for recs but you Can comment here if you really feel in your heart that a film should be here #also clarifier: the apartment and the thin man are not fucking christmas movies. we watch them on NYE as GOD INTENDED

[nathanaelrosssmith]

Dashiell Hammett, my favorite communist.

#dashiell hammett #pulp #hardboiled crime #maltese falcon #red harvest #the thin man #noir #film noir