The Thin Man (1934)
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · Cinematography by James Wong Howe
TV-PG91 min64 frames
ComedyMysteryCrime
A laugh tops every thrilling moment!
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What is The Thin Man about?
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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What does the cinematography of The Thin Man look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, The Thin Man builds its coverage from medium shots (70% of the sample), with close-ups (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer James Wong Howe keeps 50% of it in soft, low-key light. 75% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 70% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1930s.
What is the color palette of The Thin Man?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Thin Man (1934) are #030303, #898989, #fafafa, #303030, #cacaca, #b0b0b0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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