pBefore noir and the pulp detective, we had the gentleman detective. Urbane, witty, often an amateur, he drew from literary sources like Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie. And few embodied him with as much verve and charisma as William Powell, the star of our first two movies for the season - emPrivate Detective 62 /emand emThe Thin Man/em/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/parallel-mothers/" rel="nofollow"emParallel Mothers/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/funeral-parade-of-roses/" rel="nofollow"emFuneral Parade of Roses/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p