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New Year's Eve "Blow That Horn" goings-on in the nightclub
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on December 31, 2019 at 2:54 PM
Is it just me who always finds it very concerning how much long-distance flinging of horns across the nightclub takes place during the performance of "Blow That Horn"? I mean, this is in a club full of drunken patrons on New Year's Eve. In real life (if all that weren't staged in a rehearsed setting for the movie), many patrons wouldn't actually be paying attention, others would be whatever extent of wasted and off kilter, and some of those several horns flying to and fro would for sure be inevitable cause of painful, perhaps serious, face/head and body injuries!
That said, it's a very fun scene. I just wouldn't want to in real life be present anywhere something similar was occurring!
Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! 
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Reply by bratface
on December 31, 2019 at 7:40 PM
I absolutely loved the whole Thin Man series (well really I loved anything William Powell was in. I wish I could afford to buy all of his movies on DVD).
Here's the scene (you did notice that the dancer was the actress (Penny Singleton), who played Blondie in the movies?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUR7TqnGT2g
Reply by genplant29
on December 31, 2019 at 8:03 PM
She was a good dancer! At the time, who we today know as Penny Singleton didn't yet have that name, so was still billed, instead, by her original name, Dorothy McNulty.
I entirely forgot - until the other hour - that this movie has a significant extended New Year's Eve party portion. So glad I remembered, as I've officially decided AtTM will be what I watch (first) tonight. (I'm then thinking about double-billing it with 1921's The Phantom Carriage, which is set on New Year's Eve, therefore also relevant to today's date.)
After the Thin Man is my fave of the Thin Man series of films, and is the only one I have the DVD of. Terrific cast - and there's the really good unexpected twist at the end!
Reply by znexyish
on December 31, 2019 at 9:48 PM
I enjoy all the movie series from the 30s-40s be it the Thin Man, Blondie, Ma and Pa Kettle, East Side Kids, Sherlock Holmes, etc etc.
Reply by genplant29
on December 31, 2019 at 11:51 PM
Same here. The '20s, '30s, and '40s definitely are my fave movies (and otherwise) decades.
Btw, I just a few minutes ago finished watching this movie - which I was so tired that I slept straight through half or more of. That certainly didn't go as planned.
Reply by bratface
on December 31, 2019 at 11:53 PM
You have to stay awake at least until midnight! 7 minutes!
Reply by genplant29
on December 31, 2019 at 11:57 PM
I'd better fix a cup of coffee!
Reply by znexyish
on January 1, 2020 at 12:31 AM
I just brewed some fresh coffee for you. Have a cup☕