Review of After the Thin Man (1936) by Masorad ( — 13 Apr 2010
After the Thin Man (1936).
This is the sequel/continuation to the original Thin Man (1934). Of course the actual thin man in the first movie was the victim, but Hollywood needed the name recognition for this series. If you liked the Thin Man, you'll love this one too.
An interesting side note is that Nick (William Powell) and Nora Charles (Myrna Loy) leave New York in the Jazz age and arrive home in San Francisco at the beginning of the Big Band Era, making for a very slow train ride, indeed. :-).
When they arrive, Nora is called to come over to Aunt Katherine's (Jessie Ralph) mansion to take care of emotionally distraught Selma (Elissa Landi) and she should bring Nick-o-lass along too. Nick is not wild about being with the stuffy Nob Hill crowd on New Year's Eve, but tags along anyway for comic relief.
Selma's carousing husband, Robert (staring MGM's Errol Flynn-look-alike, Alan Marshal) has been hanging around a night club singer, Polly (Penny Singleton). Robert has been threatening to leave Selma (given the right price). This is something that Selma's old boyfriend, David (James Stewart) is very happy to hear about.
Unfortunately, Robert is murdered outside of the house, and Selma is considered a prime suspect. Of course, you know that Nora is going to get reluctant Nicky to investigate this whole thing. Nick and Nora find that there's a lot of other stuff going on behind the scenes and more suspicious characters than you can shake a stick at.
Naturally, the only thing to do is for Nick to gather all of the suspects into one room and grill them until one of them snaps.
This review of After the Thin Man (1936) was written by Masorad ( on 13 Apr 2010.
After the Thin Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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