but it’s Christmas now
December 20th, 2005 at 22:08 (1930s)
This one’s very easy. Firstly because your host Mr. Asta plays a very important role in this movie and secondly because you’ll never forget the bunch of drunken people singing a horrible version of Oh Christmas Tree.
And then there’s the drunken man that pops all balloons with his cigar. Actually I’ve never seen a Christmas tree decorated with balloons before.
If you wake up with a headache because you had six or more Martinis then make sure to wear an ice bag on your head. It’s the latest fashion this Christmas eve.
And finally here are Mr. Asta’s Christmas presents. Such a lovely fire hydrant!
So I’m sure you’ve already guessed my favourite movie. If not, here’s a short piece of the movie’s dialogue:
“I’ll give you your Christmas present now if you’ll give me mine.”
“At breakfast.”
“But it’s Christmas now.”
“Breakfast.”
“What are you going to give me? I hope I don’t like it.”
“You’ll have to keep them anyway. The man at the Aquarium said that he wouldn’t take them back.”
See, that’s why I rather have a fire hydrant then some slimy fish.
And there’s also a great line for all Christmas haters in there:
“If anyone says Merry Christmas once more, I’ll kill ‘em.”
Anyway, Merry Christmas to the readers of Mr. Asta’s Movie Blog!
“The Thin Man”….and it’s not just a film title; it’s a New Year’s resolution that had better be kept, otherwise the world is going to see a Demis Roussos style comeback and kaftans will become all the rage again. If not, one can always consider emigrating to Saudi Arabia!
By the way, the icebag-on-the-head little number is extremely effective; I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Right again…it’s of course the movie that introduced Mr. Asta and the movie that became the trademark of Myrna Loy and William Powell as Nora and Nick Charles. Although it wasn’t their first movie together. As you may know Manhattan Melodrama saw the first pairing of them. And if it was for Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM, Myrna Loy wouldn’t have been casted as Nora Charles. Luckily director W.S. Van Dyke finally convinced him that Myrna was the right choice.
I haven’t gotten around to the sequels as yet, but THE THIN MAN was one of my first reviews on my “Booze Movies” blog:
http://boozemov...n-man-1934.html
That’s a good idea, Garv, to pay more attention to the amounts of booze consumed in the movies though W.C. Field’s The Fatal Glass of Beer short is missing so far…come on…Fields and beer in the movie title…that film was made for your blog!