Nick and Nora Charles
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Sep 13, 2026
Nora CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
He always called me Double Vodka because I am such hot stuff.
Nora CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
You are Nick Charles, no?
Nick CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
Yes.
Nora CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
Alastair is dead, no?
Nick CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
[door closing] Hello there.
Nick CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
Anyone home? Olga?
Nora CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
Nick Charles?
Nick CharlesVOICE_ACTOR
Yes, where are you?
JohnHOST
fun.
JohnHOST
It's charming and sweet and heroic and energetic and witty and scary in all the right ways, and if there's a single shame about it all, it's that they went with a sequel that brought back Imhotep instead of turning Rick and Evie into a kind of Nick and Nora Charles meets Indiana Jones couple in any number of unrelated installments.
JohnHOST
This is a crown jewel of a watershed year in film, the same year that gave us The Matrix and Fight Club and The Sixth Sense and Star Wars Episode I and The Iron Giant, and I know my views are probably colored by nostalgia, but I love everything about this one.
JohnHOST
so it's definitely staying on my shelf.
Dan GordonGUEST
You know, the snappy patter, 1930s, thin man.
Dan GordonGUEST
In fact, Nora Wolf is named after Nora Charles, Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man series.
Jeff GoldsmithHOST
Yeah, I was almost surprised that Jack wasn't named Nick, right? Because of Nick and Nora.
Dan GordonGUEST
Well, I couldn't carry it too far, but there we
Dan GordonGUEST
You know, the snappy patter, 1930s, thin man.
Dan GordonGUEST
In fact, Nora Wolf is named after Nora Charles, Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man series.
Jeff GoldsmithHOST
Yeah, I was almost surprised that Jack wasn't named Nick, right? Because of Nick and Nora.
Dan GordonGUEST
Well, I couldn't carry it too far, but there we
Steve CubineHOST
When I think about Asta, I think, what a perfect trio.
Steve CubineHOST
And everyone thinks that Nick and Nora Charles, played by William Powell and Myrna Loy, were a duo.
Steve CubineHOST
It was a trio.
Steve CubineHOST
It really was.
Marty GentiusHOST
it.
Marty GentiusHOST
The age difference thing was of concern, but people thought that Powell was too old to play Nick Charles.
Marty GentiusHOST
Powell was 42, Loy was 29, but this was really close to the ages that Dashiell Hammett wrote them in the book.
Marty GentiusHOST
So, although it might have appeared different or strange, it really was a little more true to the age difference in the book.
Marty GentiusHOST
And that adds a little bit of the dynamic in to it.
Marty GentiusHOST
And, you know, it raises all sorts of – can raise all sorts of questions about how did this relationship form? You know, Nick Charles was a detective.
Marty GentiusHOST
How did he manage to meet – Myrna Loy's character, Honora, and under what circumstances were they able to form this relationship in a society that might look at it as being a real age differential thing? Porter Hall.
Marty GentiusHOST
Let's talk about Porter Hall.
ViolaHOST
He threw out an entire draft he had started in 1930 that featured a standard tough detective named John Guild, and he completely reimagined the tone.
ErnestHOST
He created Nick and Nora Charles.
ViolaHOST
Modeled heavily on himself and Hellman.
ErnestHOST
When he gave Hellman the manuscript to read, he told her she was the inspiration for Nora, and she was thrilled because Nick and Nora are one of the few couples in modern literature who actually seem to genuinely like each other, respect each other's intelligence, and have fun together.