The Thin Man (Keepcase) W.S. Van Dyke Digital Life DVD

The Thin Man (Keepcase)
starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell
directed by: W.S. Van Dyke

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569675681
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 02, 2005
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 15803
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1934-06

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Nick and Nora Charles cordially invite you to bring your own alibi to The Thin Man the jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing. Bantering in the boudoir enjoying walks with beloved dog Asta or matching each other highball for highball and clue for clue they combined screwball romance with mystery. The resulting triumph nabbed four Academy AwardO nominations* (including Best Picture) and spawned five sequels. Credit W.S. 'Woody' Van Dyke for recognizing that Powell and Loy were ideal together and for getting the studio's okay by promising to shoot this splendid adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel in three weeks. He took 12 days. They didn't call him 'One-Take Woody' for nothing.Running Time: 93 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 012569675681

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The intoxicating chemistry and repartee between the oft-teamed William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles--America's favorite soused detectives--is fully 100-proof in the marvelously witty Thin Man movies. You simply won't find more delightful movie company than Nick and Nora. The title, of course, refers not to Nicky the dick, but to the mysteriously missing scientist he and his lovely partner set out to find. Powell and Loy deliver their sparkling dialog with giddy enthusiasm (and occasionally slurred speech) in this rapid-fire, three-martini suspense comedy directed by famously speedy W.S. Van Dyke and adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett. The success of The Thin Man spawned a litter of sequels, including After the Thin Man (featuring a young James Stewart), Another Thin Man (in which a baby is added to the Charles family), Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, and Song of the Thin Man. --Jim Emerson

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- A Christmas Mystery
Clyde Wynant (Edward Ellis) is planning to go into seclusion for a few months. He'll be back in New York in time for his daughter's Christmas wedding. But before he disappears, he discovers that someone has been stealing from him. Figuring out who it is, he sets out to confront the thief before he leaves town.

Fast forward a few months, and daughter Dorothy (Maureen O'Sullivan) is getting worried. With the wedding only days away, Clyde is still gone. She runs into former private eye Nick Charles (William Powell) who is in New York for a vacation with his wife Nora (Myrna Loy). While he refuses to get involved in the case, the police and reporters think he is investigating. The stakes are raised when a murder takes place and a villain breaks into Nick and Nora's hotel room. Will Nick solve the case? Where is Clyde?

While I'm normally not a fan of older films, this one is such a classic ... Read More

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- Let's have another drink
This is a fine example of movies from the Great Depression era that never set foot on reality, not even one little toe on the misery of the times. Moviegoers didn't want to see movies about the soup lines. The sleuthing married couple and their dog, Asta, wear expensive clothes, have a vague if more than sufficient income, live in a magnificent apartment, and have a bottomless supply of booze. The two heros drink constantly, at every excuse for a thirst. It is supposed to suggest that they are sophisticated, I suspect, but I kept wondering how they managed to get out of their chairs, much less solve murders.

And yet there is something that keeps the viewers attention. It isn't an intriguing puzzle with a surprising solution. In fact, the murder mystery part of this is scarcely important. So what is it? Tarzan's Jane (Ms. O'Sullivan) is easy to look at in a supporting role. And then there are Powell ... Read More

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- Reporter: Well, can't you tell us anything about the case? Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.
It is not easy to make a good comedy or a good mystery but to combine two genres together and make Comedy / Crime / Mystery as sparkling, funny, elegant and dynamic as 93 minutes long "The Thin Man" (1934) directed by W.S. Van Dyke is incredibly marvelous. The film owes a lot of its charm to the great working chemistry between two main characters, the husband and wife sleuths, Nora and Nick Charles, a rich and adventurous woman and her ex-detective husband. Nick is not too interested in going back to work on the case because "it's putting him way behind in his drinking" but Nora sees it as an exiting adventure. They solve a murder case (actually, three murders case) somewhere between couple of drinks during the never-ending party at their house.
Bill Powell and Myrna Loy deserve Oscar for the Best On-Screen Couple of the Year.

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- "I Was Just a Gleam In My Father's Eye..." The True Best Picture of 1934!
It is rare to find films this old that age well but although I was born decades after the first release of this film, I found myself thoroughly enjoying it and actually laughing at most of the jokes too! There are many memorable scenes and lines my favourite of which is in the title to this review but this the grandfather of "Remington Steel" and "Moonlighting" is a worthy addition to any film buff's library.

The transfer to DVD is also very well done when compared to other DVDs of films from the 1930s as the sound and visual quality is very good too considering that the sound is from a mono source. I like the good pace that the film plays out to and the camera angles are truly inspired proving Woody Van Dyke to be an underrated director who should have won the Best Director award over Frank Capra that year. At a time when women did not have the "rights" or social standing as they do today, it was very ... Read More

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