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His daughter, played by the lovely Maureen O'Sullivan, is about to get married, and when he disappears shortly thereafter, she begins to worry. She runs into William Powell in a bar where else?

Eventually of course, he gets sucked in. Powell is simply outstanding in this movie. His character is what every man wishes he could be: witty, charming, one step ahead of everyone else, calm under pressure, married to the cute and playful Myrna Loy, and able to hold an incredible amount of liquor. Far from being stressed out, he's bemused by it all. Powell plays this role perfectly, and his chemistry with Loy is extraordinary. Their banter and quirky behavior quickly takes over the movie, rendering the mystery of the 'thin man' secondary.

There are just so many funny lines and facial gestures that I was literally laughing out loud 83 years later. All that and 'Asta' the dog too! The actual solving of the crime is a little convoluted, but don't worry too much about that, you'll be highly entertained.

Antonius B Super Reviewer. Aug 16, Classic detective film. Hilarious and entertaining. Stephen S Super Reviewer. May 06, The first of an epic number of films concerning the "Thin Man" fueled by the love of cinema noir by the audience. Powell and Loy have great chemistry as a strange plot unfolds around them.

John B Super Reviewer. Jul 21, The thirties style of slap-dash, madcap overlapping dialogue highlights the excellent performances of this very strong film.

Comparing this film to the mysteries of today proves how much harder screenwriters of the old days had to work and how much more language was valued. Every line of this film is so witty and sharp, and William Powell and Myrna Loy never seem like people you know, but they always seem like people you wish you knew.

The mystery, originally penned by Dashiell Hammett, is not terribly predictable, but it's solvable, which is the way mysteries should be. Overall, I enjoyed this film immensely, and it made me long to hear more dialogue from this era. Jim H Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows.

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Squid Game: Season 1. Only Murders in the Building: Season 1. Succession: Season 3. As at times when Mono would arrive in an area, the Thin Man appears almost immediately afterwards. Additionally, the Thin Man has a large sense of patience, persistence, and stoicism. This is shown throughout the game, through the Thin Man's leisured walk, when he attempts to confront Mono. The Thin Man appears in the end of the second episode of the digital comic.

Trying to catch his breath after a long run, the Toddler hears a strange scream nearby. Following the sound, the Toddler finds an abandoned shed on a path smeared with blood. When the boy tries to examine it from the outside, a TV turns on behind him, on which the image of the Thin Man appears. Intrigued, the child begins to slowly remove the blindfold from his eyes, and then disappears with a scream.

Throughout the game, Mono repeatedly finds himself having to attune the Transmission of a television and tap into a twisted hallway he first dreamed about in the Wilderness. In each instance, Mono comes closer and closer to reaching an eye-marked door at the end of the hallway, only to always be pulled back into reality by Six.

However, with the third television that Mono tunes into, he finally reaches and opens the door at the end of the dream hallway. His prize is the Thin Man, sitting patiently in a chair. Just as the man stands up, Mono is pulled to safety by Six. The duo aren't in the clear just yet, as the Thin Man begins to follow them out of the Transmission and into the apartment they are in. Six attempts to convince Mono they need to leave, but the boy suffers from a massive headache as the Thin Man crosses into the real world, forcing Six to run without him.

Mono runs behind Six and both take refuge in the next room over with the Thin Man in pursuit. While Mono hides under a bed, Six choose to take cover under a table and behind toys.

Their attempts to hide prove fruitless, as the Thin Man finds them with ease. Rather than going for both children, he completely ignores Mono and goes for Six, who attempts to run to Mono for help.

The girl trips and is left at the mercy of the ominous figure while Mono suffers another headache. The Thin Man wistfully pulls a screaming Six into his grip with his telekinesis and teleports away, only leaving some Glitching Remains of the girl he just kidnapped and Mono to stand on his own feet.

Luckily, Mono is able to acquire the ability to travel through the televisions throughout the Pale City, allowing him to travel to the Black Tower at a quicker pace.

After escaping from a horde of Viewers in a shop, Mono arrives in another building, where he finds Six pressing and banging against the glass from the inside of a television set, calling for help. When Mono attempts to pull her out, however, she is pulled back inside by the Thin Man, who then emerges through the screen to pursue Mono.

Fortunately for the boy, this causes the room to shake, causing an axe to fall down from somewhere above. Using the axe to break through the door, he flees the room and escapes through a boarded up doorway, the other side barred by distorted architecture. Navigating up through the warped building, Mono makes it underneath the floorboards of the room above.

However, the Thin Man was quick to follow, the sound of his slow, heavy footsteps echoing on the floor above Mono's head. Staying quiet and hidden, even as the man peeks through holes and cracks in the floor in search of the boy, Mono once again eludes capture. As Mono moves on, so does the Thin Man, leaving the room through another television set. Just as Mono escapes into a hallway, the Thin Man re-merges through a door at the far end of it, as if tracking his every move.

Using a stool, Mono jumps up onto a windowsill and tears the boards off of the window, before jumping through it. Although she had great compliments for William Powell's charm and wit, Maureen O'Sullivan later said she did not enjoy making the picture because her part was so small and the production was so rushed.

Myrna Loy, not a stunt double, did the scene in which Nora trips and falls while carrying the dog and Christmas presents. This film was shot in only about two weeks, and was originally said to be a "B" picture.

It's the first of six in the "Thin Man" series. The Thin Man author Dashiell Hammett drew on his experiences as a union-busting Pinkerton detective in Butte, Montana, in creating his detective characters.

There is disagreement as to how long it took W. Van Dyke to shoot the film. Some sources list 16 days while others state it was Even Metro's official publication "When the Lion Roars" has contradictory times. The name "Nora" is not spoken until the very end of the film, by Maureen O'Sullivan on the train. Until then, Myrna Loy is referred to as "Mrs. Charles", "my wife" or one of the many comical terms of endearment used by William Powell.

The comedy "Murder by Death" has a brief nod to Asta the dog, who is shown standing on a bed and barking when Peter Falk's character Sam Diamond opens an unfamiliar door. Short shorts, known as Tap Pants, were a popular fashion item for rehearsing dancers on Broadway in the early decades of the 20th century. They would not gain public approval as outdoor wear for several more decades, however.

Film star Jean Harlow's platinum blond hair and glamorous sense of style was influencing other actresses during the 30's, as can be seen here in bad girl seductress Julia Wolf.

At the time of the film's release, prohibition in the U. The unusually shaped liquor bottle Nick drinks from after the shooting was probably Pinch scotch whiskey. It had a distinctive three sided design. Director W. Van Dyke, aware of William Powell and Myrna Loy's easy banter between takes and their obvious enjoyment of each other's company, worked both into the movie. Van Dyke often encouraged and incorporated improvisation and off-the-cuff details into the picture.

According to Myrna Loy, the biggest problem during shooting was the climactic dinner party scene when Nick reveals the killer. William Powell complained that he had too many lines to learn and could barely decipher the complicated plot he was unraveling.