Well, I read it. And while it was a good enough mystery story, there was something else about the book that struck me.

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

You can hear this line at 00:02:10 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Hello everybody! Well, it's a great scene at The Lux Radio Theater tonight.

- In our audience, we have Bette Davis, Jimmy and Lucille Gleason, Bob Armstrong, Ollie Olson of Olson and Johnson, Stu Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Schlesinger.

- Maybe it would interest you to know a little inside information on the show we're doing tonight, The Thin Man. And about William Powell and Myrna Loy, who are going to do it for you.

- As you know The Thin Man was a best selling novel by Dashiell Hammett. Hunt Stromberg down at the studio, MGM, got a hold of it and brought it to me.

- Woody, he said, If you'll make this picture, I'll buy the story!

- Well, I read it. And while it was a good enough mystery story, there was something else about the book that struck me.

- 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...

[...]

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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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