6/26/2023 0 Comments The thin man novel![]() ![]() By the time The Thin Man became a television series during the 1950s, the plots were becoming a bit thin. Hammett wrote only one Thin Man novel but it turned became the basis for six movies. And in Hammett's novel, the couple's dog is a female schnauzer named Asta who, in the film, became a male wire fox terrier. Trivia buffs know that the "thin man" of the title didn't refer to Nick Charles but to Wynant. One glance at Wynant's horrible family makes Nick, and the audience, wonder why the man didn't disappear several years before. This couple may have had twin beds, due to the film code of the times, but viewers just knew that one of those beds stayed empty much of the time.īased on a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett originally published in Redbook, The Thin Man features a solid crime plot as former private detective Nick Charles is hired to find the missing eccentric businessman Clyde Wynant. Their witty banter was as dry as the martinis they were constantly mixing. ![]() ![]() We not only believe that this vibrant younger, wealthy woman would be attracted to this older, world-weary man but that each has found his or her soulmate. The snappy conversation, the amused looks and the sly glances between the couple give the film its heart. Van Dyke’s The Thin Man (1934), one of my favorite crime fiction films. It's not something you can easily define or even plan.Īnd it totally exists between William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles in director W.S. The chemistry between a couple in films usually exists on its own plane. ![]()
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