Watch For A Young James Stewart

In AFTER THE THIN MAN Nick tries to get one of Nora's female relatives out of jail after she is put there for the murder of her husband. The story takes place in the vicinity of San Francisco's Nob Hill.

The movie was released in 1936 two years following THE THIN MAN. Again Hunt Stromberg was the producer and the director was W.S. Van Dyke. Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackert returned to handle the screenplay. William Powell and Myrna Loy were backed up by another large supporting cast which included James Stewart. AFTER THE THIN MAN was a high quality sequel which did much to ensure the continued popularity of the series. Before the end of the film Nora told Nick that she was pregnant with their first child.

AFTER THE THIN MAN received an Oscar nomination in 1936 for Best Screenplay.

The Mystery, The Wit, and The Liqour Flows

This was the second in the series featuring the great film team of William Powell and Myrna Loy, again starring as Nick and Nora Charles, the couple who seem to have a way with getting mixed up in murder. The mystery itself is quite complicated, but it basically surrounds the murder of Nora's cousin's husband, although his murder is only the first. The mystery is fun to follow (and not easy to figure out, although my hunch proved right). But the terrific dialogue and rapport between Powell and Loy matches the mystery, and even their dog, Asta, has some hilarious scenes as well. The supporting cast of Elissa Landi, James Stewart, and many familiar character actors are also good. I can't compare this to the other Thin Man movies, having not scene all of them, but I'm sure this must be one of the best and fans of mysteries and this great film team will definitely want to catch this movie.

Best of the 6 THIN MAN movies!!!

The very first THIN MAN movie was so popular due to love bickering relationship between Nick and Nora. It was no doubt a treat to see a married couple pick at each other and all the while the love they shared for each other was evident to all. The murder mystery almost takes second place to the bickering between Nick and Nora. Not so in AFTER THE THIN MAN.

AFTER THE THIN MAN devotes the bulk of the story to the murder mystery. Nick, who is still supposedly retired from detective work, gets lured into another case. A relative of Nora's needs Nick to prove her innocent. The case seems iron clad and Lieutenant Abrams, portrayed by Sam Levene is sure who the killer is. Only Nick seems to be able to sift through all the circumstantial evidence and get to the real evidence. Nora dogs his every step as she attempts to convince her family Nick is a good man even if he wears a "blue" collar.

James Stewart, prior to becoming famous, does well as the rejected love interest of the accused murderer. He will do anything to help her...or will he? Penny Singleton, prior to her role as Blondie Bumstead in the BLONDIE movies and her providing her voice as Jan Jetson on the JETSONS, has an interesting role as 1930's sexy street sassy blonde. As she would tell you, she's not illiterate because her parents were married at city hall.

So, while the original THIN MAN was fresh and new AFTER THE THIN MAN has all the dents and dings banged out of the script. It is a much better and much more interesting film. It is my favorite of the six THIN MAN films.

The DVD edition of this film is long overdue.