Friday, November 12, 2010

The Shadow Of The Thin Man Was Not On The Texas Tandy Hills Today


Clouds rendered no Shadow on the Tandy Hills, today, of this particular Thin Man. Meaning me.

The re-filling process of my pool has begun. It takes a long time. I hope a heavy downpour is incoming to help with the process.

The Thin Man movies, starring one of my all time favorite actresses, she being Myrna Loy, as Nora Charles and William Powell, as Nick Charles, may be my favorite movie series. Hollywood just does not make them like this anymore.

Nick and Nora's heavy drinking, just shortly after the ending of Prohibition, seems borderline scandalous, looking back at it, now, from our more Puritan times.

If you've not watched any of the Thin Man movies, you really should. But start with the early ones, not the ones towards the end of the series. The early ones are the classics.

The first Thin Man movie was, appropriately, titled The Thin Man. It came out in 1934. Followed by After the Thin Man in 1936. Then Another Thin Man in 1939. Shadow of the Thin Man in 1941. The Thin Man Goes Home in 1945. And the last of the series, Song of the Thin Man in 1947.

Below is a video compilation of Nick and Nora Charles and their boozy behavior in the Thin Man movies....

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