“Waiter, will you serve the nuts?”
by chuckofish
“I mean, will you serve the guests the nuts?”
Ah, the divine Ms. Loy and wonderful William Powell. Have you heard that they are planning to do a re-make of The Thin Man with (no kidding) Johnny Depp? Now, I do have a soft spot for Johnny and even feel a sort of kinship with him, but, really, Nick Charles? Why can Hollywood never leave well enough alone? Re-make, shme-make, I hate re-makes!
Anyway, my Friday movie pick is any movie from the classic Thin Man series: After the Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1945), and Song of the Thin Man (1947). All happily star William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora. The final film even features Dean Stockwell as Nick Charles Jr.
The original Thin Man was nominated for Best Picture and Oscar nominations were given out to William Powell, director W.S. Van Dyke, and screenwriters Goodrich and Hackett for adapting Dashiell Hammett’s original story. Unfortunately The Thin Man ran up against It Happened One Night and it won nothing. And really, why wasn’t Myrna Loy nominated? Please.
And who can forget…
dual personalities 
Myrna is one of my role models — she’s so wonderful!
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Jimmy Stewart really steals the show in After the Thin Man. He’s believably crazy at the end. And re-makes are so gay. I hate hollywood these days really. Comic books and re-makes. They are incapable of making something original any more.