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And here he is, the man who's name you'll see on the screen before the picture starts.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Thin Man (1936) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:36:17 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- You're listening to 'Lux Radio Theater's' production of 'The Thin Man' starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, with the music under the direction of Lewis Silvers.

- This is W.S. Van Dyke speaking.

- We have here tonight the man who wrote the great picture 'Lawyer Man' for Bill Powell here.

- He's a producer, too. But just on the writing end, he's done many great pictures.

- '42 Street', 'The Gold Diggers', 'The King Of Burlesque' and lots of others, including an original musical 'Ladies Of London', which you'll be seeing soon.

- And here he is, the man who's name you'll see on the screen before the picture starts.

- One of Hollywood's greatest picture writers: James Seymour!

- Thanks, I've been a movie writer for ten years, that's the first kind word anybody's ever said to me!

- Listen, the average person thinks that a movie writer is a fella who sits by himself at a typewriter, hammers out a lot of dialogue and hands it in.

- Would you like to correct that impression?

- I certainly would.

- Nobody works alone and by himself to make a picture! It's a matter of constant cooperation between producer, director, technician, actors and the writer.

[...]

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The Thin Man (1936) Sound Clip

The Thin ManFunny quotes with sound clips from The Thin Man - radio drama based on Dashiell Hammett's book, first broadcast on Thursday August 06, 1936 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: William Powell (Nick), Myrna Loy (Nora), Porter Hall (Macauley), Minna Gombel (Mimi), Dorothy (Barbara Luddy), William Henry (Gilbert)

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