Today in The Thin Man

[The Wolf]

Nick Charles is visited by Dorothy Wynant at a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street. She wants him to find her father, inventor Clyde Wynant.

 

[Renderking Fisk]

That's 70 years ago to this day! In honnor of this day, I would like to have 5 martini's... right here, all lined up in a row.

Can't believe MacCaulay did it.

(Did you know that there was a "Thin Man" Serise back in 1957?)

 

[The Wingnut]

Cheers, Nick, cheers, Nora!

 

[The Wolf]

Decenber 23

Nick gets a call from Herbert McCauley, Wynant's lawyer at 11:30 A.M. (waking him).
That night Nick and Nora go to the opening of "Honeymoon" at the Little Theatre and then to a party.

 

[The Wolf]

December 24th

Nora shows Nick the following article in the morning paper:

INVENTOR'S SECRETARY MURDERED IN APARTMENT
_____________
JULIA WOLF'S BULLET-RIDDLED BODY
FOUND; POLICE SEEK HER EMP-
LOYER, CLYDE WYNANT
______________


Yours truly,
The Wolf

P.S. On a personal note happy Christmas Eve to everyone.

 

[The Wolf]

Merry Christmas!

Dorothy visits the Charles' at 5:00 A.M., drunk and with a gun.
Nora calls Dorothy's mom, Mimi, to come over.
She brings her new husband, Christian.

On a personal note, Merry Christmas to all!

As always, your obedient servant,
The Wolf

As a footnote, Nora got Nick a watch and Nick gave Nora a necklace.

 

[Lauren]

That's my favorite movie for Christmastime, although i love it at any other time of the year. Dan and I watched it on Christmas Eve. I'm thinking of making it a tradition. Hurrah for the Thin Man!

 

[Bogie1943]

Words from a fellow thin man...

Sticks and stones may break my bones but so can soft boiled eggs!

 

[The Wolf]

December 26

At 10:00 A.M. Nick and Nora awake in their beds to see Shep Morelli pointing a gun at them and trying to convince them that he didn't kill Julia.The cops come in and break it up.
Dorothy stops by saying her mom beat her. She stays at their apartment while the Charles go to Mimi's dinner party at the Courtland.

So far in the book Nick and Nora have had bad luck with uninvited guests; makes my relatives visits look like fun.

Yours truly,
The Wolf

 

[The Wolf]

December 28, 1932 in "The Thin Man"

Nick and John Guild go to see Nunheim at his apartment by the Sixth Avenue elevated. Nunheim escapes out the window.
Mimi has Nick come over. He tells her Jorensen is a con-man named Keiterman.
Nick and Nora go to a party at the Edge's.
Dorothy, Nick and Nora go to Reuben's for coffee afterward then back to the Pigiron Club until 2:00 A.M.
At the Courtland Mimi shows Nick Wynant's watchchain that Julia had when Mimi found her dying.

 

[The Wolf]

December 30 and 31

Since I'm starting late I'l write the last two days of "The Thin Man" novel

December 30
Nick, Macauley and Guild meet at Mimi's apartment. She says Wynant gave her bonds and a check totaling ten-thousand dollars, fore-dated January 3, 1933.
In front of everyone, Nick says who-done-it and K.O.s the murderer.

December 31
Nearly 3:00 A.M., Nick lets himself into the apartment at the Normandie.
The morning papers tell about the murderer being arrested.
Nick tells Nora how and why the murder was commited.

So ends Hammett's last novel.

On another personal note, I hope all fellow Loungers have a great 2005. Let's party like it's 1939!

As always, your obedient servant,
The Wolf