tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post6838659306222027170..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks: All in the Family Edition: Married Couples MoviesDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-73272114305007038362015-02-01T20:34:57.834-05:002015-02-01T20:34:57.834-05:00Wow - can't believe so many people haven't...Wow - can't believe so many people haven't seen ANY of these! Please watch them - all so enjoyable and The Thin Man is really essential.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-23124850028123992022015-02-01T20:33:51.626-05:002015-02-01T20:33:51.626-05:00The banter in Thin Man is unparallelled except for...The banter in Thin Man is unparallelled except for perhaps His Girl Friday and (in a completely different way) The Lion In Winter.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-83767521176168519102015-01-31T19:40:58.288-05:002015-01-31T19:40:58.288-05:00Another that hasn't seen any of these. I will ...Another that hasn't seen any of these. I will say that The Thin Man has been on my to-watch list for years. Great work.Wendell Ottleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472743980681912924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-71104922528609703752015-01-31T04:41:39.928-05:002015-01-31T04:41:39.928-05:00Haven't seen a lot of classics, so I haven'...Haven't seen a lot of classics, so I haven't watch any of your picks this week. I like banter so I think you may have sold me The Thin Man.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-10152231919736376472015-01-30T13:15:05.949-05:002015-01-30T13:15:05.949-05:00Ooooooooooooooooh do! It's so much fun. The sc...Ooooooooooooooooh do! It's so much fun. The script is packed with zingers and gags, and Powell and Loy play them PERFECTLY. All the supporting players are cast to perfection in a way that only films from the Old Hollywood Studio System ever were. And the murder mystery, while I downplayed it in my write-up, is a good one, too.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-37315133936075970042015-01-30T13:13:13.619-05:002015-01-30T13:13:13.619-05:00Thanks, Birgit! Hope you keep coming! It's tru...Thanks, Birgit! Hope you keep coming! It's true - all three of these couples are true equals, but in slightly surprising ways. I've seen a couple of the other Thin Man movies and even though Powell and Loy still crackle, and Asta only gets more and more adorable, the films themselves aren't very good. But still:<br /><br />"What hit me?"<br />"The last martini."<br /><br />Nope, no screen couple were ever better than Nick & Nora Charles!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-32543240318743150302015-01-30T03:12:21.349-05:002015-01-30T03:12:21.349-05:00I haven't seen any of these, but Thin Man was ...I haven't seen any of these, but Thin Man was recommended to me, so giving that a go sometime. Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-4982983859602591612015-01-29T19:10:09.778-05:002015-01-29T19:10:09.778-05:00I am looking in at the sidelines:) I came from Dre...I am looking in at the sidelines:) I came from Drew's page and so on:) Love your pics! Adam's Rib is such a great play on married couples from Tracy & Hepburn to Judy Holiday and Tom Ewell. I want to own all the Thin Man-she matches him wit to wit and drink to drink. I have not seen Topper in decades (ouch) but it is so great. All 3 show the marriage partners as equalsBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-35769011132749129952015-01-29T15:45:30.003-05:002015-01-29T15:45:30.003-05:00TOTALLY agree on Constance Bennett. Wish she had d...TOTALLY agree on Constance Bennett. Wish she had done more comedies. Haven't seen Desk Set yet, but I will; I love the Hepburn/Tracy pairing. I must see The Marrying Kind. Love Judy Holliday and the Kanin/Gordon team is usually tops.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-48297878778717771262015-01-29T15:35:17.626-05:002015-01-29T15:35:17.626-05:00I LOVE all your picks...okay I only like Mr. &...I LOVE all your picks...okay I only like Mr. & Mrs. Smith but I adore Carole Lombard. <br /><br />All The Thin Man films are fun but this first one is the gold standard. Myrna paired well with Gable, Grant and many others as Powell did with Lombard and Harlow but the chemistry they had with each other was of a very special kind.<br /><br />Constance Bennett was so wasted in all those weepy dramas she did in the early 30's and by the time Topper came along and her gift for comedy was discovered she was pretty much through as a leading star, just as sister Joan was rising, but she's brilliant in this. <br /><br />Adam's Rib is wonderful, though I have a bit more of a soft spot for the pair's Desk Set. What a cast! Actually one of my picks for the week, The Marrying Kind, involves some of the same people. Garson Kanin & Ruth Gordon wrote it specifically for Judy Holliday and it plays to all her strengths which were many. It's more somber than any of your picks but has humor mixed in as well. It's a favorite of mine, wish it was more well known.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-46253315758032642702015-01-29T12:09:00.622-05:002015-01-29T12:09:00.622-05:00Thanks! Go on a classic movie kick soon - these ar...Thanks! Go on a classic movie kick soon - these are all lots of fun! And Thin Man and Topper were so popular in their day that they each spawned series of films. Topper even led to a TV show!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-26026967610059460952015-01-29T12:07:20.215-05:002015-01-29T12:07:20.215-05:00Thanks! I had a list of about twenty films, the on...Thanks! I had a list of about twenty films, the only one of which I knew I absolutely HAD to include was Thin Man. From there, it was mostly a necessity to limit the list somehow, and this was the easiest way to do that lol. But I LOVE Classic Hollywood so much and it's been too underrepresented in my previous picks. Totally agree on Holliday in Adam's Rib - she is such a genius! I also love that her romantic rival in it is Jean Hagen, who was her understudy for Born Yesterday on Broadway and whom she recommended for a certain role in a certain musical in which Hagen herself was unbelievably brilliant and should have won an Oscar!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-88630592386314094302015-01-29T11:23:45.605-05:002015-01-29T11:23:45.605-05:00I've never seen any of these (surprise, I suck...I've never seen any of these (surprise, I suck at classic movies) but they sound very interesting. Nice picks! Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-52479788096414190642015-01-29T11:21:04.678-05:002015-01-29T11:21:04.678-05:00YAY, love that you went classics here. Adam's...YAY, love that you went classics here. Adam's Rib is such a hidden gem...why don't more people talk about that movie? It's so great, and Holliday deserved an Oscar!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com