My 12 year old daughter has been iontroduced to the Thin Man movies by a friend and loves them. Anyone with other suggestions of similar streamable movies of that era that she might also like?
The same author wrote The Maltese Falcon. The films aren’t as similar, but she might like it. No Nora, though.
There are some other excellent William Powell films of that era, including I Love You Again and the brilliant My Man Godfrey. He also played Philo Vance in a series of mysteries (all with the title “The XX Murder Case.”)
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When I was a child in the 1950s I loved The Thin Man movies. I also loved the Topper movies (Topper, Topper Returns, Topper Takes a Trip).
Watched Life with Father tonight on AMC . William Powell and Irene Dunn. Also Liz Taylor.
Moonlighting.
The movie His Girl Friday. The Philadelphia Story.
I was also going to suggest His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story, so let me add Bringing Up Baby.
I came in specifically to suggest the 1936 My Man Godfrey. There’s also a 1957 version starring David Niven, but I haven’t seen it. By all accounts, the original is better.
The thin man radio show are available at http://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/about/archive/thin/
Maybe “Libeled Lady” and “The Awful Truth” for lesser-known screwball comedies. (Still well-known!)
If she liked the mystery element, perhaps “Laura.” It’s not particularly funny, but it’s great.
Try some films by Preston Sturgis - smart, funny, and cynical as all get out!
“Murder by Death”
Dora Charleston: What a godforsaken spot to get lost!
Dick Charleston: I’m sure I saw a much better spot a few miles back.
Libeled Lady was not only another excellent William Powell and Myrna Loy performance, but also had Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow. Loved the movie.
Some of these are on YouTube, or at least His Girl Friday and My Man Godfrey were recently.
I remember liking a Barbara Stanwyck screwball called The Lady Eve.
knock knock knock
Dora Charleston: Oh, that’s probably the cook. Come in!
Dick Charleston: Darling, the poor woman is stone deaf.
Dora Charleston: I’m sorry, I forgot. COME IN!
That makes twice that David Niven has played a character originally done by William Powell. I second the recommendation for My Man Godfrey; funniest closing line in movie history.
My first thought on reading the thread title was It Happened One Night.
Another great Barbara Stanwyck comedy is Ball of Fire. (IMDB puts these two in a recommendation group with My Man Godfrey and Bringing Up Baby).
I love that a 12-year-old is watching black and white movies without turning up her nose.
How about Arsenic and Old Lace?
If she likes fun couples investigating mysteries, she would probably enjoy the Partners in Crime T.V. series featuring Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence. Although the shows were filmed in the 1980s, they take place in the '20s, and have the same kind of tone as the Thin Man movies.