Nick & Nora; a style compendium of the 30s and 40s (Thin Man on DVD)

[Feraud]

Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones have great chemistry in Intolerable Cruelty.

 

[Viola]

No Clooney! [bad]

Nah, I love Clooney (what lady doesn't?) but Nick Charles is not perpetually rumpled, IMO. I might be thinking more of the books but I though Nick was a more polished sort of drunk. lol

He's a super-annuated Archie Goodwin of the Nero Wolfe mysteries, is what Clooney is.

 

[Feraud]

Perpetually rumpled? Are we talking Clooney the man or the actor?

Most people know Nick and Nora from the films so my comments lean towards that medium. Powell wasn't all that smooth in the series. This is not a criticism but an obersvation of the film character.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Nah, I love Clooney (what lady doesn't?) but Nick Charles is not perpetually rumpled, IMO.

Clooney cleans up nicely. He's capable of playing the polished type ... just as Sean Connery is able to play rumpled characters.



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[Nathan Dodge]

It's the best I could do!

Tom Hanks and Julianne Moore as Nick and Nora. Hey, that's all we've got nowadays!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Tom Hanks ...

IMO Hanks can't act drunkenly suave.

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[BinkieBaumont]

Was "Hart To Hart" in the late seventies based on "Nick & Nora"

 

[Feraud]

Yes I am sure it was.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

thanks for this LINK...

I haven't been able to get through on Amazon.com for many weeks- it kept coming up with "Firefox has encountered a problem and needs to close..."

This link went through just fine and dandy. Have the TM box set already, so I ordered "Cover Girl", "You'll Never Get Rich" and a replacement of "You were Never Lovelier" (gave my copy as a gift to my deco hairdresser).

Save yourself some dough

Thin Man

if the link doesn't work

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[chanteuseCarey]

no current actors can replace

William Powell or Myrna. I shudder at the very thought of it.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

if i had to pick one movie for the rest of my life it would be the thin man...

 

[JennyLou]

if i had to pick one movie for the rest of my life it would be the thin man...

I agree. It's my favorite movie.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

if i had to pick one movie for the rest of my life it would be the thin man...

I agree!

 

[Evan Everhart]

IMO Hanks can't act drunkenly suave.

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I think that Nick and Nora Charles and of course William Powell and Myrna Loy who played them were really products of the tail end of the Edwardian era and Prohibition. They play upper-class, functional, and respectable drunks! No one today could pull that off, they just wouldn't understand the roles. Perhaps someone might be able to parrot Powell and Loy and the Nick and Nora Charles, but I doubt that they could breath new life into them; it would merely be rehashing that which has already been done perfectly, a xerox or genius and social climate. It might be interesting though. Sadly, I cannot think of any actor today who plays the type of roles that William Powell did or for that matter Myrna Loy. It's really a shame to think of it, how drab and dreary things have become socially! Too much political correctness, too much freedom in other social arenas! What has happened to our civilization?!

-Sincerely,

E. A. Everhart

 

[Nathan Dodge]

I'm currently doing a backwards rundown of the entire Thin Man series. So far I've covered the sixth and fifth films. These are more for the seasoned Thin Man viewer who focuses on the little things, as I largely ignore the films' plots. Feel free to comment here or at the blog, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Amazon (USA) is currently selling The Complete Thin Man Collection for $23.39!!!

 

[Evan Everhart]

Amazon (USA) is currently selling The Complete Thin Man Collection for $23.39!!!

BUGGER! I just wish that I had the spare green-backs to blow on such a wonderfully lovely little treat for myself! Unfortunately, it's that time again! CAR-TAG RENEWAL in California! (the most over-charged thing in history! - well, almost maybe, but perhaps that's over-stating it a bit much? Meh. It's still over-priced beyond SANITY!) Rant!

 

[clubwitsend]

Amazon (USA) is currently selling The Complete Thin Man Collection for $23.39!!!

Oh, I already sent that one out on my Christmas list!!

 

[Brian Sheridan]

TCM is airing all the Thin Man movies New Year's Eve. How cool is that?

How many people remember the ABC TV Late Night "Thin Man" update movie with Craig "Peter Gunn" Stevens and Joanne Pflug? As I vaguely recall ( I was like 10), it was shot on video and looked cheap.

There was also a failed Broadway show of The Thin Man with Barry Bostwick and Joanna Gleason. It was a musical. I have the soundtrack and it is not awful, just not up to Powell/Loy standards.

 

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