How and why Nick and Nora work

The series of Thin Man movies answers the question, “What does happily ever after look like?”

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Reacquainted with Myrna Loy and William Powell

Last week I went on a run of watching and writing about some Myrna Loy and William Powell movies I have in my collection. I went through four five of them, three four of which I’ve had here, unwatched, for about five years.

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Mister Roberts more drama than comedy

Mister Roberts is a much-loved movie so I always feel bad when I say that for me it’s just so-so. I kinda like it; I kinda don’t like. It may be due to not being much of a fan of either Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon. (My mother loved Jack Lemmon.) I admire Fonda more than like him.

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A bit of this, a bit of that, a bit of Carole Lombard

As you may have noticed, I’ve been making some changes to Piddleville recently. It’s window dressing, essentially, although I did manage to get around to something I’ve been meaning to do for some time.

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