MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1937, Page 5

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

"After the Thin Man."

William Powell and Myrna Loy, the merriest, maddest married couple ever to come out of Hollywood, step from the last page of "The Thin Man" into the first chapter of the sequel, "After the Thin Man," which will begin at the Majesitc Theatre on Friday. "After the Thin Man" is more than just another sequel. It picks up where "The Thin Man" left off. Nick and Nora, having conquered New York, are on their way to bustling, cosmopolitan San Francisco with its colourful, eerie Chinatown, its energetic ferries, and its magnificent bridges. Nick has put his sleuthing career in moth balls for good. He and Nora want nothing but lots of peace, quiet, and relaxation. It is New Year's Eve when they arrive at the door of their Nob Hill home. And they walk right into a party. Half of San Francisco, society, policemen,' hobos, race track touts, ex-pugs, and underworld friends, have dropped in to welcome them home. The telephone rings. Over the wire Hammett introduces Nick's headache, Nora's aristocratic family. Nick and Nora are invited to dinner. Selma, Nora's cousin, is in trouble. Her dissolute husband Robert has been missing for three days. Nora's testy aunt, an overbearing grand dame, would not have anything to do with Nick, but the family honour must be kept out of the headlines. At midnight, with Nora prodding him, Nick is at the Lichee, a Chinatown dive, Robert' is found there with Polly, a singer, and Nick suspects "Dancer," owner of the cafe, of being involved in a blackmail scheme. Robert leaves the cafe for home and shortly after is found murdered, shot to death. Selma is discovered with a gun in her hand. David, who has always loved her, comes to the rescue. The rest of the story is a deep, dark secret, the ending locked in a safe. To assure that the. climax would not be prematurely revealed, the last three scenes were not filmed until the rest of the picture was completed. ;