{"id":27300,"date":"2011-10-11T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=27300"},"modified":"2011-10-09T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T22:28:41","slug":"50dmc-34-favorite-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/50dmc-34-favorite-series\/","title":{"rendered":"50DMC #34: Favorite Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The-Thin-Man\" width=\"550\" height=\"242\" class=\"centered size-full wp-image-28633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man-290x128.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man-454x200.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/2011\/06\/50-day-movie-challenge\/\">Click here<\/a> for the full list of questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s prompt: <b>What&#8217;s your favorite movie series?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"firstletter\">M<\/span>y first gut reaction to this question was the <em>Thin Man<\/em> series, and so I&#8217;m going to stick with that. Even though after the third or fourth entry they went downhill FAST, I still find them enjoyable. William Powell and Myrna Loy retain their marvelous chemistry regardless of the quality of the script they&#8217;re working with, and that chemistry is a huge part of why <em>The Thin Man<\/em> is so much fun. Of course, the first two films match them in the story department, and are genuinely among the best films ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tribute video to Nick and Nora, pulling from I think all the films in the series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1h2XxnoC68\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. Click here for the full list of questions. Today&#8217;s prompt: What&#8217;s your favorite movie series? My first gut reaction to this question was the Thin Man series, and so I&#8217;m going to stick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[2145,1067],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Thin-Man.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27298,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/50dmc-33-favorite-remake\/","url_meta":{"origin":27300,"position":0},"title":"50DMC #33: Favorite Remake","author":"Jandy","date":"October 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. Click here for the full list of questions. Today's prompt: What's your favorite remake? I try not to have an immediate negative reaction when I hear about a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Film&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Film","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/category\/film\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/His-Girl-Friday.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26283,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/50dmc-25-best-scripted-movie\/","url_meta":{"origin":27300,"position":1},"title":"50DMC #25: Best-Scripted Movie","author":"Jandy","date":"August 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. Click here for the full list of questions. Today's prompt: What's the best-scripted movie you're ever seen? 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This is kind of a tough one - I'm not that big a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Film&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Film","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/category\/film\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/50-Day-Challenge-05.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24884,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/50dmc-14-a-movie-that-made-you-cry\/","url_meta":{"origin":27300,"position":4},"title":"50DMC #14: A Movie That Made You Cry","author":"Jandy","date":"July 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. Click here for the full list of questions. Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prompt: What's a movie that made you cry? 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