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Chaplin will write and direct, but will not act in it. A disappointment to many of us.

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

You can hear this line at 00:54:16 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The public has been very good to me in the past.

- And I know that we'll be awfully glad to see you again.

- I'm sure it'll be a great thrill not only seeing you, but hearing your voice. Thanks, Miss Bara, for joining us tonight.

- Good night!

- Hearing Theda Bara talk of hers plans, brings to my mind some other plans I've heard discussed in Hollywood this week.

- Picture people are talking about Charlie Chaplin's recent statement that he will start working on a new picture very shortly. Miss Paulette Goddard will be starred.

- Chaplin will write and direct, but will not act in it. A disappointment to many of us.

- Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor are starring in a new picture today. And I'm tickled to death that I got the job directing. It's called His Brother's Wife.

- Speaking of Bob Taylor, there's a lad who is going places. He's got a great future. And sometime in that future he's going to do Armand to Greta Garbo's Camille.

- Bill Powell and Myrna Loy here are interested in the making of MGM's picture The Good Earth. Luise Rainer who is with them in The Great Ziegfeld and many other stars.

- And now, Bill Powell and Myrna Loy are coming out on the stage. Bill? Myrna!

- Kids, you did a great show! You were really marvelous.

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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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