“AFTER THE THIN MAN”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23353, 19 November 1937, Page 5

“AFTER THE THIN MAN”

POPULAR FILM SEQUEL Owing to the immense popularity enjoyed by its previous success “ The Thin Man,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has produced its sequel in “After the Thin Man,” which will commence its Dunedin season at the Empire Theatre to-day. William Powell and Myrna Loy again appear in the featured roles, this time as man and wife, and the story takes up at the place where the film’s predecessor left off. Nick and Nora, the young couple, 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 accompanyihg 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, with 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 best kept a secret. Even during the production of the film, to assure that the usual climax would not be prematurely revealed, the last three scenes were not filmed until the rest of the picture was completed. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has spared nothing to make “After the Thin Man” the funniest, snappiest, most exciting comedy-mystery-melo-drama ever screened. It is aimed at only one thing—sheer, unadulterated audience entertainment.