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So here we go, with William Powell as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy as Nora in The Thin Man! Here they come, Bill Powell and Myrna Loy!

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

You can hear this line at 00:03:20 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- So here we go, with William Powell as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy as Nora in The Thin Man! Here they come, Bill Powell and Myrna Loy!

- We're in a fashionable café, The Montmartre, in New York City.

- It's Christmas Eve and the well-appointed dining room is filling rapidly.

- From the bar comes a good-looking young fellow of about thirty-five. Tall casual and worldly-wise...

- He's Nick Charles, a well-known private detective, played by William Powell. And he's waiting for his charming wife Nora, played by Myrna Loy.

- As he takes his place at the table, a young girl on the other side of the room recognizes him and hurries over.

[...]

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This guy shoot her? -No, he tried to shoot me. I slapped her on the jaw to get her out of the line of fire. I guess I hit her too hard.
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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