July 31 movie: Another Thin Man. They showed a bunch of Thin Man movies (in reverse chronological order, for some weird reason) but I only watched the second and third. (I watched them in normal chonological order.) This one was darker than the first two -- the movie kicks off with a dog getting its throat cut -- but the mystery follows the same basic structure as every Thin Man movie I've seen: Lots of people get killed. The police run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Eventually William Powell gathers everyone in a room together and comes up with some bizarre speculation which "proves" that the most unlikely person did it. Which person immediately confesses all and is led away by the police.
Nick and Nora have a baby in this one: little Nicky Charles. Which I could have lived without -- especially Nick calling Nora "Mommy" -- but I guess it would have been odd for them not to have kids eventually. As always, much hay is made out of Nora's highbrow vs. Nick's lowbrow backgrounds. My favorite scene is when Nick's shady friends decide to throw a birthday party for the baby. Each crook, lug and jamoke has to bring a baby; those who don't have babies rent them for the afternoon.
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