In Search of The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the Classic Film Series

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by Philip Zwerling

Type

Studies

Subject

One Film > The Thin Man

Keywords

W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Dashiell Hammett, detective films

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Collection

Film Noir

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 234 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8657-8

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Book Presentation:
The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets by casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this classiest of romantic couples. Over 14 years and six films, these stars navigated grave periods of history: the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. The novel and films live on as gems of a unique gritty sophistication.

This complete history of The Thin Man series covers the brightest stars, tastiest scandals, headlines and conflicts behind these classic films. With a cast of hundreds, we see Hammett, his lover Lillian Hellman, and their friend Dorothy Parker fight alcoholism, sexual convention and Senator Joe McCarthy in culture wars of eerie contemporaneity.

About the Author:
Philip Zwerling, now retired to the Mendocino Coast of California, previously taught creative writing at Ursinus College and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of seven books on film, theater and history.

Press Reviews:
"Very interesting…fun and fascinating… In Search of The Thin Man is one book that should be in your library either if you are a student of fiction, film, a would be writer or a lover of detectives and mystery stories. Philip has brought together a wealth of information in an entertaining way so thank you. This is one Thin Man fan who just learned some new things."—Reviews on the Edge

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