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Remember how he used to swat you with a broomstick when you weren't on the set fast enough?

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

You can hear this line at 00:55:08 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- What, no retakes?

- No, no property man.

- Yeah Bill, I'll bet you're glad my property man wasn't here!

- Remember how he used to swat you with a broomstick when you weren't on the set fast enough?

- Yes. He certainly was a great fellow. The most independent cuss in the whole picture business!

- Listen Bill, that fellow was with me in the Arctic when we made 'Eskimo'!

- He was with me in the African jungle, when we made 'Trader Horn'!

- And after a man has handled crocodiles, sharks, pythons and polar bears, you can't expect him to be afraid of a mere actor!

- There's only one thing I can never understand about that picture 'Eskimo', Woody.

[...]

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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