Nick and Nora - Alcohol moments

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  • Nick and Nora Charles are possibly the best detective team in history, but they like their liquor too. Here are some clips from the "Thin Man" series.
    I love them together
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  • @danielleboschetti3697
    @danielleboschetti3697 Рік тому +23

    Almost a hundred years on, and the chemistry that these two had together is still second to none.

  • @karlstriepe8050
    @karlstriepe8050 3 роки тому +13

    Definitely deserved to have cocktail glasses named after them.

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 4 роки тому +35

    At 0:18 when he places his cocktail on the tray so that it can be served to him properly. A classic. My hero.

  • @thucy2
    @thucy2 11 років тому +60

    One of my favorites, but it isn't here.
    Nora: "Would you like some breakfast?"
    Nick: "It's too early for breakfast, fix me a drink."

    • @Desertphile
      @Desertphile 3 роки тому +4

      From the book: "This excitement has put us behind in our drinking."

  • @cinnamongirl64
    @cinnamongirl64 2 роки тому +16

    Always loved the banter between them and the scene where she matches him drinking the martini’s! These films are classic and they were great on screen couple a compliment to the books.

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 Рік тому +1

      One time they both woke up, maybe in the sleeper car of a train. He looks at her and the first thing he say to her is, "You need a drink."

  • @traditionalhousewife9189
    @traditionalhousewife9189 3 роки тому +14

    I think they were fantastic, and my heart still melts when he says, "hello, Sugar" in that velvet voice of his.

  • @roseconmatswatson5389
    @roseconmatswatson5389 3 роки тому +39

    Reporter: “Is he working on a case?”
    Nora: “Yes, a case of Scotch!”
    Timeless.

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 Рік тому

      I'm a social drinker. If someone says they're going to have a drink I say, so shall I.

  • @fourthgirl
    @fourthgirl 7 років тому +31

    My favorite was missed. Nora: "I got rid of the reporters." Nick: "How?" Nora: "Told them we were out of scotch."

  • @GreenGretel
    @GreenGretel 9 років тому +30

    This series' treatment of alcohol is one of the reasons I classify it as a fantasy, lol.

    • @UNOwen-eh8er
      @UNOwen-eh8er 6 років тому +4

      GreenGretel. Prohibition had just ended, this series' mirthful treatment of alcohol, marriage & murder is why it was a huge hit still beloved today.

    • @jaredjfernandez
      @jaredjfernandez Рік тому +6

      The next scene after Nora has “five more martinis” to catch up, she’s shown in bed with a terrible hangover. So there is at least some bit of truth in there!

  • @ThingsWeSaidToday
    @ThingsWeSaidToday 12 років тому +17

    Best line: "Mommy, he's a great kid, much obliged."
    "Oh, it was nothing, anytime"
    Nick gives a LOOK

  • @cmoreshead
    @cmoreshead 12 років тому +14

    They overlooked the line I somehow missed the first 20 times I watched The Thin Man...when McCaulay shows up at their hotel room on Christmas and turns down a drink offer, Nick mutters, "That's a mistake..."

  • @MissHazelFlagg
    @MissHazelFlagg 14 років тому +7

    "Yes darling, I'm just putting away this liquor!" LOL

  • @a.paulafernandes
    @a.paulafernandes 12 років тому +36

    Nora Charles: How many drinks have you had?
    Nick Charles: This will make six Martinis.
    Nora Charles: [to the waiter] All right. Will you bring me five more Martinis, Leo? Line them right up here.
    I love them so much!

    • @UNOwen-eh8er
      @UNOwen-eh8er 6 років тому

      Ana Paula Fernandes
      Nora Charles: What hit me?
      Nick Charles: The last martini.
      Nora Charles (standing woozily): What's the big idea of pushing me?
      Doesn't she then hostess & tree trim with an ice pack on her head?

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 Рік тому +1

      It's ten years later and I doubt you'll see this but they're a perfect antidote for these times.

    • @a.paulafernandes
      @a.paulafernandes Рік тому

      @@shevetlevi2821 yes, most definitely. They manage to make any situation 💗

    • @oldrustycars
      @oldrustycars 3 місяці тому

      And the waiter doesn't even flinch.

  • @92376
    @92376 5 років тому +6

    I love this movie! Nick and Nora are the Cats Pajamas.

  • @AlanRoehrich9651
    @AlanRoehrich9651 Рік тому +1

    One of the greatest movie franchises in the history of film.

  • @rockdontrun
    @rockdontrun 12 років тому +21

    Missing one of my favorite lines:
    "Have a cocktail!"
    "Uh, I don't care for any."
    "I SAID HAVE A COCKTAIL!"
    "I guess he wants us to have a cocktail."

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 4 роки тому +1

      The first movie was the best of all of them. I think Nick's homecoming was the next best, as he had an actual challenge to get his father to say something nice to him. The worst was that Song one. That's one of the ones I don't care to rewatch. The plot is stupid even by B movie standards.

    • @unowen-nh9ov
      @unowen-nh9ov 4 роки тому

      Charlambides. Nick's last name in the novel, MGM whitewashed it that Thin Man Goes Home is a frikkin' Andy Hardy movie. But Nora is still funny.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 2 роки тому +1

      @@michaelbauers8800 Yeah, Thin Man Goes Home is the real end and culmination of the series. Song feels like a pointless extra.

  • @TheFacefinder
    @TheFacefinder 4 роки тому +3

    You can find them all. "My drawers" "what are you doing in my wife's drawers?" He always solved the crime in the last two minutes. Glorious.

  • @frederickburke620
    @frederickburke620 6 років тому +4

    I love the old martini glasses in the first couple clips. Better than what has become the standard martini glass.

    • @DClaville
      @DClaville 5 років тому +1

      then make sure to order your martinies in a nick & nora glas they are great also for other cocktails but small 16cl / 5,4 fl-oz

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 4 роки тому +1

      Hilarious that there's glass named after Nick and Nora. But they did have the rare tipple in some of the movies ;)

  • @WBensburg
    @WBensburg 9 років тому +35

    Wonderful collection, but you missed my favorite: "How about some lunch, I'm thirsty"!

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 Рік тому +3

      It's 7 years later but these comments are gold.

  • @michaelmcclellan6944
    @michaelmcclellan6944 2 місяці тому +1

    I am watching William Powell performing...he was a heck of an actor

  • @andreya133
    @andreya133 14 років тому +1

    i just can't describe how much i love all the thin man movies

  • @errolflynn1909
    @errolflynn1909 15 років тому

    Thank you for posting

  • @westlock
    @westlock 7 років тому +17

    This is a good example of how cute drunks are in movies, although they are merely irritating in real life.

    • @naomiburton313
      @naomiburton313 7 років тому +4

      I was married to an alcholic who I adored. I wish I could have been nora to his nick. Never works out like that in real life.

    • @jhock9171
      @jhock9171 5 років тому +1

      Depends on the drunk; I'm merely tolerable.

  • @thefabulousmark
    @thefabulousmark 13 років тому +1

    What a great collection of clips! I'm going to order a "Bronx" when I go to my local watering hole!

  • @LCCRJB21
    @LCCRJB21 10 років тому +2

    I wish these movies were available in France. It looks great and the two actors make a wonderful couple ! I'm gonna have a martini now, can't help it !

  • @panagotispatrik515
    @panagotispatrik515 3 роки тому +2

    I cannot imagine these lines in a 2020 movie...

  • @escottish140
    @escottish140 14 років тому +1

    And you wouldn't think that Prohibition was lifted only a year before the first THIN MAN film.

  • @ilovemartinmilner
    @ilovemartinmilner 13 років тому

    Excellent!

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau2627 9 днів тому

    They remind me of my parents. ♥

  • @ramencurry6672
    @ramencurry6672 9 місяців тому

    People who grew up in the bar scene of the 70s, 80s and 90s missed out on good cocktails since they went out of style and declined in popularity and considered to be drinks for old people. Now that cocktails have returned in the 21st century more people now know about them.

  • @pinkcultleader
    @pinkcultleader 13 років тому +1

    I

  • @999manman
    @999manman 11 років тому +6

    Nora is the perfect wife!

  • @tallpaul521
    @tallpaul521 14 років тому

    @jimbojamesIV No, Stella in "Shadow of the Thin Man" is Louise Beavers. She was great in the original "Imitation of Life".

  • @jettcarlburg356
    @jettcarlburg356 4 роки тому +2

    Nick vs Aunt Katherine
    "I wouldn't go through that again if you had TWICE as much money"
    "Hello Nic-o-las!!!!!"
    "Old battleaxe."
    Nora: "But Nicky, Selma's in trouble. You like Selma, don't you?
    Nick: "Well, not THAT much. *sigh* "Family dinner I suppose. Aunt Katherine (pour) Cousin Selma (pour) Uncle Willie (pour) Cousin Emily (pour) Aunt Hattie (pour) Cousin Lucius (pour) Uncle Thomas (pour) Aunt Lucy (pour)
    Nora: "Pour me one too"

  • @thedude4k
    @thedude4k 4 роки тому +1

    Fine way to kill a bottle

  • @Villastrigo
    @Villastrigo 12 років тому +1

    Nick and Nora... They need the Big Screen Again!

  • @utubeDaveutube
    @utubeDaveutube 13 років тому

    Andreya133 -- I feel the EXACT same way. Even have an old poster and some other great photos on my wall to accompany the 6-DVD set -- just love it, and them! Dave in Canada. :)

  • @TeaAnLemons
    @TeaAnLemons 14 років тому +1

    im just putting away this liquor! o i love those movies =]

  • @Ypipable
    @Ypipable 6 років тому

    Prelude to jazz.

  • @DoubleZuss
    @DoubleZuss 12 років тому +11

    lets not get too excited on how great the Thin Man was... They might go and make a shitty remake and try and pass if off as original.

  • @joannhopkins7411
    @joannhopkins7411 6 років тому

    Just classic

  • @Countrygirltori24
    @Countrygirltori24  12 років тому

    @ThingsWeSaidToday There's more to that scene, but it would have lasted 5 minutes so I kept it to the best part.

  • @Countrygirltori24
    @Countrygirltori24  13 років тому

    @billysscreeningroom2 The first one. The scenes go in order of movies

  • @thequeenofpoland
    @thequeenofpoland 13 років тому

    Jeeeep... our alcohol moments...

  • @monjiaitaly
    @monjiaitaly 6 років тому

    You have to remember prohibition was just over, from 1920 to 1933.

  • @ChuChu353
    @ChuChu353 13 років тому +6

    Nick: "Family dinner I suppose" (grabs glass & bottle) "Aunt Katherine" (pours) "Uncle Willie" (pours) "Cousin Emily" (pours)
    Nora: "Aunt Hattie, Cousin Lucius, Uncle Thomas" (big pour) "Pour me one too" (Nick hands Nora the full glass, grabs himself a bigger one)
    Comedy gold just as funny as it was 75 years ago!

  • @jimbojamesIV
    @jimbojamesIV 14 років тому

    Is the maid the same actress in Mr. Blandings? Is it Hattie McDaniel?

  • @NBradyful
    @NBradyful 12 років тому +1

    Oh God, you are right. Starring Lindsey Lohan and Tatum Channing. (shudder)

  • @weirdTedE91
    @weirdTedE91 6 років тому

    I suddenly appreciate Frank and Sadie Doyle more. Paget Brewster even sounds like Myrner Loy...

  • @PurpleBox89
    @PurpleBox89 7 років тому +8

    Why in all of Asgard am I just now discovering this wonderful couple?

    • @LeonAllanDavis
      @LeonAllanDavis 6 років тому +2

      Because you just arrived on the Asgard shuttle?
      Just a guess, mind you.

    • @PurpleBox89
      @PurpleBox89 6 років тому +2

      The Bifröst bridge had been closed for some time....and there was the debacle with the Frost Giants...

    • @eutytoalba
      @eutytoalba 4 роки тому

      Because this isn't owned by Disney, how Disney owns us all. 🤷

    • @lynnfaruque2892
      @lynnfaruque2892 3 роки тому +1

      You’ve found them now! ☺️

    • @weswolever7477
      @weswolever7477 2 роки тому

      Better late then never 🥃🥃

  • @thequeenofpoland
    @thequeenofpoland 13 років тому

    Alex & Peter
    Darling, I love You!

  • @DanishNerdess
    @DanishNerdess 7 років тому +2

    These two are *definitely* the inpiration for Frank and Sadie Doyle!

    • @ZoltonBolshevik
      @ZoltonBolshevik 7 років тому

      They have said that outright on multiple occasions!

    • @LSSYLondon
      @LSSYLondon 2 роки тому

      Hart to Hart was based on this.

  • @lescobrandon3047
    @lescobrandon3047 4 роки тому +1

    An anti-alcohol self appointed group made them remove alcohol from later episodes.
    I have the entire set on DVD and play it once in a while.

  • @westernslang
    @westernslang Рік тому +1

    Sure, blame Asta for your alcoholism.

  • @tallpaul521
    @tallpaul521 13 років тому

    @M1GARRAND1 That prospect is enough to drive me to drink..of course I was heading that way already.

  • @tallpaul521
    @tallpaul521 12 років тому

    The only time Nora refuses a drink is in the final film "Song Of The Thin Man".

  • @errolflynn1909
    @errolflynn1909 15 років тому

    .25 seconds Hello Sugar...Smooth!

  • @ninahagen1453
    @ninahagen1453 2 роки тому

    Grammarly is a vampire that lives off your literary neurones. Learn for yourself!

  • @ZamTx1
    @ZamTx1 12 років тому +3

    The best line is what comes after at the top of the next scene. a hung-over Nora asks Nick "What hit me?" Great! I love these two together. The three of them, if you count the liquor.

  • @glywnniswells9480
    @glywnniswells9480 Рік тому

    No wonder mt grandparents dranks so much

  • @emjee
    @emjee 9 років тому

    If anyone can help me find out the name of the actor @ 0:41-0:44 (The man with a funny sounding voice that says "I certainly think your husbands great!") I would be forever grateful! He also does a bit part in W.C. Fields short "The Golf Specialist". Thank you!

    • @westlock
      @westlock 7 років тому +2

      That is John Dunsmuir. After a long career on stage, he only appeared in three movies.

    • @gilbertthegreat89
      @gilbertthegreat89 6 років тому

      I don't know his name but he reminds me of an Uncle I had in England first time I saw him.

  • @tallpaul521
    @tallpaul521 13 років тому

    @pinkcultleader Please tell me that the prospect of Depp playing Nick Charles is a result of one too many martinis. Depp was terrible as Dillinger -- he should stick to film roles based on theme park rides. However, if Depp plays NC -- the classic Powell role, it will be ironic. Dillinger was gunned downed outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, after seeing Powell and Loy in "Manhattan Melodrama".

  • @jbcoops
    @jbcoops 3 роки тому

    "It's too early to eat; let's drink."
    Unfortunately this line didn't make the cut!

  • @vladeckk21
    @vladeckk21 11 років тому

    As I recall Nora took the pledge in the last ones. Sad.

    • @UNOwen-eh8er
      @UNOwen-eh8er 6 років тому +1

      vladeckk Not! They visited Nick's home town & then solved a murder on a gambling ship.

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau2627 2 роки тому

    From east to west. Line it up here.

  • @tracy85777
    @tracy85777 Рік тому

    I was hoping to see this movie that I've enjoyed through the years. It used to be free on UA-cam but most of the old movies aren't free anymore. Ridiculous! Oh well. 🙄☹️🤨

  • @toquiktahandle
    @toquiktahandle 11 років тому

    They showed them hungover

    • @bradwithers4720
      @bradwithers4720 5 років тому

      Nora: What hit me?
      Nick: The last martini.

  • @jaspar38
    @jaspar38 13 років тому

    I don't profess to be a film historian, but weren't these made during the Hays Code Era? I'm just surprised that they got away with half of this stuff.

    • @UNOwen-eh8er
      @UNOwen-eh8er 6 років тому

      jaspar38 Original just prior, thus the shot in the tabloids crack. Also Nora's lovely braless blouse in the final scene, inspiring Nick to throw Asta into the upper berth.

    • @bradwithers4720
      @bradwithers4720 5 років тому

      Also too the line, "What's that man doing in my drawers?" Nora says as police search a dresser was censorable.

  • @michaelbauers8800
    @michaelbauers8800 4 роки тому

    I suggest not inventing a Nick and Nora drinking game, where you drink when they do. Very unhealthy.

    • @eutytoalba
      @eutytoalba 4 роки тому

      Might want to space the drinks out to match a real timespan. Movies are abbreviated, so otherwise that'd be a week's worth of alcohol in 90min. 😨

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 4 роки тому

      @@eutytoalba A valid point :)

  • @jettcarlburg356
    @jettcarlburg356 3 роки тому

    Who wants to invent a time machine so we can go back to 1934 and hang out with Nick and Nora? Any takers????

    • @Fuzzmom903
      @Fuzzmom903 10 місяців тому

      Not interested in being a servant.

  • @GooglFascists
    @GooglFascists 12 років тому +1

    I remember these but didn't appreciate how they made Powell's
    character a SOT. People who stayed drunk all the time used to
    wind up in the GUTTER.
    It got so bad the movies were like COMMERCIALS for WHISKY.

  • @tallpaul521
    @tallpaul521 11 років тому

    The "Thin Man" films have never been "re-made"...why bother? How do you improve on a classic. There was a TV series in the 50's starring Peter Lawford -- set in modern times, but it was terrible

    • @unowen-nh9ov
      @unowen-nh9ov 4 роки тому

      Where do you think Hart to Hart came from? McMillan & Wife? Nick & Nora are the template.