SUNDAY, August 15th at 1:30pm: TEATIME at The Movies Concludes

TEATIME at The Movies concludes today, our fun summer series were we read from the Lux Radio library, adapting great films of the 20th C

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TODAY: The Thin Man

The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired police detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Their wire-haired fox terrier Asta was played by canine actor Skippy. In 1997, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry having been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Script and sound preparation by Corwyn Allen. Sound effects and technical support by Elrik Merlin.

Join our cast of readers for a backyard festival of radio drama versions of some of the finest and most beloved films of the golden age of 20th C cinema. Popcorn provided.  Presented live, on Stream.

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SUNDAY JUNE 11th: A WONDERFUL DAY FOR STORIES!

We have two unique sessions today, so step right up!

~ 1:30pm THE THIN MAN Concludes
At Seanchai Library's Fireside Room at Bradley University
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New York, 1932. Nick Charles, a retired west coast private detective, and his wealthy socialite wife, are in the Big Apple for Christmas. They enjoy witty repartee and banter with one another, and Nora is every inch Nick’s match in wit and intelligence.

Things change when Nick is visited by Dorothy Wynant, the daughter of a former client, businessman Clyde Wynant, who has apparently vanished ahead of his daughter’s wedding. Nick reluctantly – and to Nora’s amusement – agrees to find the missing businessman (the titular Thin Man). But what starts as a search for a missing man quickly turns into the hunt for a murderer after Wynant’s secretary is found dead, with all the evidence points to Wynant himself as her killer.

Corwyn Allen, John Morland, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower conclude Dashell Hammett’s 1933 classic, which became the first in a series of films following Nick and Nora’s adventures, as played by the inimitable William Powell and Myrna Loy.

~ 3:00pm "THE CURIO" at KULTIVATE MAGAZINE'S ANNIVERSARY 

On site at "The Curio" Sculpture, at the Celebration on Water Haven

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Caledonia Skytower joins Eleseren Brianna with A dyptic of tales based on Ms. Brianna's 2016 virtual sculpture, "The Curio".

When Eleseren created the statue last fall, she  also write a story about "The Curio" in which some 19th Century vacationers come upon its compelling presence deep in the Scandinavian wilderness.  Her story was very much one of observation and supposition, done in the format of a 19th C diary.  She asked Caledonia to consider creating a story from the sculpture's point of view.  And that resulted in the short story "Eternity's Test".  The two stories have only been read together once, and never in the presence of the towering sculpture itself ... until now!

SUNDAY, May 28th at 1:30pm : TEA TIME MYSTERIES "The Thin Man" Continues

Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man continues!

This week we have a full house as the stakes get higher, and more confusing in pursuit of Julia Wolf's killer.  Sometimes, it's hard to remember what crime is which.  Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, John Morland, and Caledonia Skytower present.

Having trouble following the characters various?  Use this list as a handy guide:

Nick Charles: the narrator, a onetime detective, now a lumberman. Humorous, self-possessed, tough, and intelligent, he discovers clues, arranges them, makes deductions, and solves the murders. He then summarizes the whole solution for his admiring wife, Nora.

Nora Charles: Nick’s wife, a woman with a well-developed sense of humor, who finds him fascinating.

Clyde Wynant, the Thin Man: a wealthy, eccentric inventor, once a client of Nick.

Mimi Jorgenson: Clyde’s former wife, a showy blond.

Julia Wolf: Clyde Wynant’s secretary, who is murdered.

Dorothy Wynant: Mimi and Clyde’s daughter, a small, attractive blonde who dislikes her family and who asks Nick to locate her missing father.

Gilbert Wynant: Dorothy’s brother, an odd, extremely inquisitive young man.

Christian Jorgenson, formerly called Kelterman: Wynant’s former associate who, feeling unfairly treated, breaks with him. Although he already has a wife in Boston, Jorgenson bigamously marries Mimi to get his hands on the large divorce settlement Wynant provides for her. Temporarily suspected of Julia’s murder, he finally returns to his legal wife in Boston.

Herbert Macaulay: Clyde’s thieving attorney.

Shep Morelli: a gangster and former friend of Julia who thinks Nick knows what happened to her.

Arthur Nunheim: a former convict who identified Julia’s body.

Guild: a detective.

Harrison Quinn: Nick’s friend.

Live in voice.
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SUNDAY, May 21st at 1:30pm: TEA TIME MYSTERIES: "The Thin Man" Continues

Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man continues!

This week Corwyn and Caledonia present Nick, Nora, and a whole colorful cast of characters as the the mystery continues: who killed Julia Wolf?  Has Clyde Wynant committed suicide?  Where's my drink? (pour me another one darling)

OF INTEREST: Following the success of the movie version of The Thin Man in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to work on screenplays for sequels. During the course of this work, he wrote After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man, which, discovered amongst Hammett's papers in 2011, together with instructions by Hammett for incorporation of additional elements written by screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, were edited by Hammett's biographer Richard Layman in collaboration with Hammett's granddaughter Julie M. Rivett and published as novellas in Return of the Thin Man in 2012

Corwyn Allen and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.
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SUNDAY, May 7th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME MYSTERIES Resumes ~ The Thin Man

Tea Time is back with a brand new mystery series: Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man, originally
published in Redbook magazine  in 1933, and published in book form the following year.

The story is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective, Nick Charles, and his clever young wife, Nora. Nick, son of a Greek immigrant, has given up his career since marrying Nora, a wealthy socialite, and he spends most of his time cheerfully getting drunk in hotel rooms and speakeasies. Nick and Nora have no children, but they own a female Schnauzer named Asta.

Charles is drawn, mostly against his will, into investigating a murder. The case brings them in contact with a rather grotesque family, the Wynants, and with various policemen and lowlifes. As they attempt to solve the case, Nick and Nora share a great deal of banter and witty dialogue, along with copious amounts of alcohol.

Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower live in voice.

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