The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora)
by W.S. Van Dyke
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Actor: Chick York, Clancy Cooper, John Nesbitt, Myrna Loy, William PowellDirector: W.S. Van Dyke
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Box set, Digital Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 666 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 67399
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- The sparkling series featured the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solved murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier, Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 1930s upper-class Manhattan, The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy, clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship.The 7-Disc set includes THE THIN MAN, AFTER TH
DVD Reviews of The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora)
DVD Review: One of my favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
The Thin Man
A few years ago my girl friend asked if I had ever seen the old Thin Man movies. I said no and she gave me a look like I had lived in a cave my whole life. She had all the movies copied from TV. We were only going to watch one but we watched all six in one sitting.
William Powell and Myrna Loy had probably the best on screen chemistry in the business.
Dashiell Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles are the lovable drinking detectives. As one line from the movie Nora: "What hit me" Nick: "The last martini"
The banter these two is great. Even though the "slang" is from the 30's it is a timeless movie that will always be fun.
Nick the Great detective and the beautiful wealthy Nora are a perfect match. Nick seems to know every criminal around. Nick always has a story that seems to border on tall tales as Nora once said in one of the other films "I don't know why I always think you are joking."
The story involves the wealthy industrialist inventor Clyde Wynant, played by Edward Ellis. Clyde is the Thin Man. But people thought it referred to Nick and the movies kept the name. We also get to see a young Maureen O'Sullivan as she plays the daughter of Clyde; Dorothy Wynant. Maureen did a great job and not once did I think of Jane. ;)
This movie involves a multiple murder with Nick and Nora drinking and trading barbs as they work together searching for a missing Clyde Wynant who may be responsible for a the murders.
Of all the films I probably like this one the best.
The only extras are credits and movie trailers.
After the Thin Man
We pick up with Nick and Nora on the train as they return home to San Francisco. There is a new mystery that starts with the disappearance of her cousin's husband. This movie still was fun like the original. There is the gentle clash of the two worlds of Nick and Nora. The criminals and the high society types as Nora once remarked "You wouldn't know them they are respectable.
You get to see a young Jimmy Stewart in this one. Overall a good story and a fun ride.
Extras
* You get the short "How to be a detective" I found it to be kind of a snoozer.
* You get the cartoon "The Early Bird and the Worm" Not bad.
* There is also the Lux Radio Theater Broadcast of After the Thin Man. Produced by Cecil B Demilles and performed by Powell and Loy.
* A broadcast of Leo is on the Air Radio promo about the movie. He talked about things like the Song Smoke Dreams
Another Thin Man
Nick and Nora return with a new addition; little Nicky Jr. The proud parents are as usual enjoying life until the irascible Colonel McFay keeps calling on them to visit and go over financial matters. Nick of course tries to avoid it but ends up having to go when he learns somebody is threatening the life of the Colonel.. On the way there they see a body and force the unwilling driver to stop. The driver then runs away leaving them with the car and the mystery begins.
The movie is fun like the other three as it has the same witty intercourse between Nick and Nora. It has a good cast with C. Aubrey Smith as the Colonel, Virginia Grey as the Colonel's daughter, and Ruth Hussey as little Nicky's nurse. Nat Pendelton is back as Lt. Guild and there is Marjorie Main as a landlady. A special mention should be for Sheldon Leonard, Abner Biberman, Muriel Hutchison, and Don Costello for the great performances they put in as Phil Church, Dum-Dum, Smitty and Diamond Back Vogel.
A funny scene is the birthday party given for little Nicky, Jr. by the "wrong side of the tracks" characters like Whacky, played by Shemp Howard and Creeps played by Harry Bellaver.
Again a fun film which will entertain!
Extras:
* Love on Tap: A short film about a lady dance group called the Merriel Abbot Dancers. It seems the troop mom can't marry her boyfriend as she has to take care of the girls. The boyfriend finally has had enough after yet another emergency. What's a bunch of girls going to do? It's sort of cute and you get to see a bunch of dancing. Worth seeing once.
* The Bookworm: A cartoon about book characters coming to life. We have three witches making a brew and they need a worm so they send the Raven off to get one.
* The movie trailer.
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nick and Nora are back. Little Nicky is learns about racing forms and forces Nick to drink *shock* milk! After the horror of milk Nick takes "Mummy" off to the race tracks. While driving they are caught up in a police caravan racing to the track. The cops are stunned that Nick was there.
It looks like a jockey was murdered by a gambling syndicate to prevent him from testifying. Nick dodges work but he gets drawn into the mystery when a murder happens at a pro-wrestling match and a friend is thought to be the killer. Nick has a job on his hands solving this mystery and trying to keep Nora from "interfering."
The beautiful Donna Reed appears in this one as the girlfriend of the accused killer.
There are many funny scenes but I won't spoil the fun.
Extras:
* The Tell-Tale Heart: Edgar Allan Poe's story is put to a short. An apprentice kills his master and hides the body under the floor boards. He slowly goes crazy as he keeps hearing a heartbeat through the floor.
* The Goose Goes South: A cartoon about a goose that tries to hitchhike his way South rather then fly. It's cute.
* The movie trailer.
The Thin Man goes home.
Sadly W.S. Van Dyke died before this was made. At first I didn't like the film as if "felt" different. I think it was the missing Van Dyke. However, it grew on me after watching it a couple times.
Nick goes home to Sycamore Springs to visit the parents. Nick has to cut down on his drinking as his dad doesn't like it. Nora seems more like the traditional wife but that might have been the purpose of being "proper" when visiting the in-laws.
Nicks "friends" are greatly reduced and seem to be more helpers then a humor relief. One nice little surprise was Brogan played by Edward Brophy. He voiced Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo. He was a fun character. I liked his efforts to keep Nora occupied while Nick went out and did things. I would say more but I don't want to spoil the fun.
The plot and the characters were interesting but again it seemed different to me.
Still, it was a good film.
Extras:
* Why Daddy: A short about a guy who thinks he is too smart for radio quiz shows. He goes up against a kid. For me it was kind of "meh"
* Screwball Squirrel: A cartoon by Tex Avery. Not this was a funny cartoon. Screwy belongs in the realm of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Largely forgotten over time but is worth watching!
* The film trailer
Song of the Thin Man
I don't know what they were attempting but this is not one that I really like. Much of the original humor was gone. Nora didn't have her snippy answers well one but they didn't have the delivery of the previous films.
Nick and Nora seemed out of place as Manhattan met the hip-hop jazz scene. There was an attempt of humor of Nora talking the lingo but it didn't work for me.
The mystery was pretty good but the ending really didn't do it for me.
Also, I really didn't feel any attachment to the people caught up in the crime.
All in all, I got the feeling they were trying to take Nick and Nora into another direction and it didn't work for me. The end of the film seemed to suggest there was going to be a sequel but I think the series died with this film.
Extras:
* A real important person: A short film which features the young Dean Stockwell who has to write an essay about a real important person. It's kind of cute with a little bit of schmaltz.
* Slap Happy Lion: A cartoon which was done by Tex Avery. It's good but somewhat similar to Tom and Jerry. This time you get a Mouse and a Lion. It's worth a watch.
Nick and Nora Two Profiles (extra DVD)
* William Powell: A true gentlemen. This is an autobiography. It's pretty good especially if you are curious about him. It is "edited" as it left out some of the tragedies of his life especially the details of his son.
* Hollywood Remembers Myrna Loy: So nice to come home to. An interested autobiography of Myrna Loy.
* The pilot for the Thin Man TV show "Darling I loathe You" Nick and Nora played by Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk. This was bad. Really bad. Lawford and Kirk were Nick and Nora in name only. After watching the movies, I couldn't take watching this and turned it off ½ way.
* Lux Radio Theater Broadcast of the Thin Man. Powell and Loy head a cast doing the radio version of the Thin Man.
The end of this little post!
William Powell and Myrna Loy are probably one of the best on-screne couples in movie history. They did 16 films together; a record which has yet to be matched.
This DVD set is a worthwhile addition to anybodies collection.
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