![]() ![]() The police think she was murdered by her gangster friend Shep Morelli. Later, we learn that his secretary (and former lover), Julia Wolf, was found murdered by his former wife, Mimi. One day, back in NYC, he runs into Dorothy Wynert, the daughter of a former client looking for her father. The Thin Man is a story about a former New York City police officer (Nick Charles) who marries a wealthy socialite (Nora Charles) and spends his time between the city and San Francisco living as a bon vivant. His partner Lillian Hellman would go on to run his estate posthumously. ![]() By the 1950s, Congress investigated him before the House of Un-American Activities (HUAC), where he refused to “name names.” He went to a federal penitentiary in West Virginia and found himself impoverished afterward. Hammett was a passionate anti-fascist who joined the Communist Party in 1937. We discussed Hammett when talking about The Maltese Falcon, and for several reasons, The Thin Man became his last novel. What began as a feature in Redbook magazine in December 1933 turned into a best-selling novel by one of the most important writers of the 20th Century-Dashiell Hammett. The Margos are looking for actors with chemistry and witty banter, so we had to dive into the fabulous world of Nick and Nora Charles and The Thin Man. ![]()
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