Cinema Cocktails: THE THIN MAN - Monday 8/9 and Tuesday 8/10 at 7pm, and Saturday 8/14 @1pm - @Ritz
Advance tickets available here

The Cinema Cocktail series returns with the classic, most hard-drinkingest picture of them all: THE THIN MAN.

The Thirties saw hardboiled detectives and screwball socialites put away liquor with equal aplomb. So when the two genres were combined with 1934's THE THIN MAN, it was a cocktail of explosive magnitude. This loose adaptation of the Dashiell Hammett novel features William Powell as Nick Charles, a retired detective with a Herculean capacity for Scotch, and Myrna Loy as Nora, his equally swizzled socialite wife. Nick is perfectly happy spending his wife's money pickling his liver until the daughter of an old client requests his help. It's only after several dead bodies pile up that he grudgingly agrees to take the case. Once involved, Nick proves himself to be one of soused cinema's most functional alcoholics by solving the murder with a little help from Nora and his tenacious terrier, Asta. Nick's initial reluctance to get drawn into the investigation is perfectly understandable, because as he states, "It's putting me way behind in my drinking." (Booze Movies)

Ritz Bar Manager Amy Patton has created a special cocktail menu for this presentation of THE THIN MAN:

The Dry Gibson Martini:
Vodka, splash of Vermouth and 3 cocktail onions, shaken not stirred

Vodka Gimlet:
Vodka, lime juice and a fresh lime

Old-Fashioned:
Bitters, bourbon, cherry, lemon and orange

A number of fine scotches will also be available. Let's see if you can keep up with Nick Charles.

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