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The Thin Man (1934)

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · Cinematography by James Wong Howe

TV-PG91 min64 frames

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The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A small wire-haired terrier stands at the threshold of a doorway. The dog pauses in the opening with a…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A man sits behind a wooden desk in a room with a map on the wall. He holds a piece of paper in his hands…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: closeup — A man stands in a dimly lit space with dark surrounding shadows. The character wears a fedora and trench…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A formal dinner party is seated along a long table with large floral arrangements. Numerous guests in…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A dimly lit interior space with heavy curtains visible in the blurred background. A woman in a dark hat…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: wide — A furnished apartment interior contains a table, chairs, cabinets, and a framed wall picture. Four adults…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — An interior space features two women interacting near an indistinct wall hanging. The woman in the…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — Two men sit across from each other in a dimly lit, shadow-filled room. One man leans forward with his…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A terrier stands in a dark basement beside a set of wooden stairs. The dog faces upward and toward the…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A dimly visible interior space features a man and woman in formal attire. A woman reaches forward to place…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior setting with high contrast lighting typical of 1940s noir film. A man in a dark…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: closeup — An interior space features a woman in an elegant, light-colored draped evening gown. She turns her head…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room with the subject in the foreground illuminated by low-key lighting. The man wears a…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A workshop interior featuring heavy machinery, metal pipes, and a workbench with various tools. Three…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: medium — A well-furnished room featuring a patterned chevron-style sofa and dim ambient lighting. A middle-aged man…The Thin Man (1934) movie still: closeup — A man wearing a bowler hat speaks into a vintage telephone receiver. A large shadow is cast against the…
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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.

Where can you watch The Thin Man?

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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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  • #b0b0b0

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