The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.

A joke a day keeps the gloom away!

The make up took about an hour to put on, but the wig was a thing that bothered me more than anything else.

I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.

People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.

But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun.

It's the maritime equivalent of rock climbing.