The movies were based on a book by Dashiell Hammett who is perhaps most well-known for his gritty, hard-boiled crime novels. I think Nick and Nora as a model for what a wondrously complex marriage might be like with a lot of cocktails, endures far longer.” “Two people who are utterly delightful, mostly pixelated, at each other’s throats in the most charming way. Rodman, author of novel The Great Eastern, professor in the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. “I think you come for the ostensible mystery but what you leave with is really the story of a marriage,” says Howard A. The couple, who drink cocktails day and night and solve crimes at their leisure, offered an escape from the turmoil of daily life. The first film, which came out in 1934, features William Powell and Myrna Loy as the quick-witted, perpetually tipsy Nick and Nora Charles. It’s also roused an interest in the wonderfully boozy films and literature of the early 20th century, including the classic film series, The Thin Man. Over the past two decades, the revival of the cocktail has inspired bartenders and drinkers to rediscover a wealth of old recipes and techniques. Now a Manhattan you shake to foxtrot time, a Bronx to two-step time, but a dry Martini you always shake to waltz time.”-Nick Charles
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