Episode 34: THE THIN MAN (1934) [feat. Nick Ransbottom]

Featuring special guest Nick Ransbottom! What other noirs didn't have, THE THIN MAN series did: levity, breathing room, characters who weren't written full of life just to have it snuffed out on the next page. Nick and Nora Charles's charmed life as bourgeois socialites and functioning alcoholics could be an uneasy basis for a hard-boiled plot but for William Powell and Myrna Loy's bedrock performances. Based on the 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel, THE THIN MAN made the leap from the page to the screen that same year, carrying a lot of literary baggage with it (including a somewhat overwritten script) but still weaving between noir and comedy like a boxer between punches. Follow us at @trylovepodcast on Twitter and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.