Both of them wisecracking all the time and clowning right through the picture!

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

You can hear this line at 00:02:43 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Here was something new and fresh and very charming. A romance between a man and his wife.

- It's the story of a couple of kids that understood each other and had a blessed confidence in each other.

- Beneath all the casualness and all the wisecracking, there's a lovely, wholesome relationship. Something really deep and sweet, and inspiring.

- Well, we decided to make the picture. Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich wrote a swell script.

- William Powell and Myrna Loy played the parts. And how! They played them beautifully! Because Powell was just Powell, and Loy was just Loy...

- Both of them wisecracking all the time and clowning right through the picture!

- I suppose you know that plenty of motion pictures take from two months to a year to shoot. We did The Thin Man in sixteen days, retakes and all!

- Of course it wasn't a pretentious picture.: We didn't make it as one. I hate epics. But it was evident that people liked it.

- It has been very interesting to study out how they can tell this story on the radio.

- Bill and Myrna had a lot of fun getting it ready for you, just as they did making the picture.

- And from the original story, from the original motion picture cast, we have, and are fortunate in having, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, William Henry, and Thomas Jackson here tonight.

[...]

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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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