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The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a hard-drinking and flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease. Their dog, the Wire-Haired Fox Terrier Asta, played by Skippy, was also a popular character. The Thin Man may refer to: The Thin Man, a 1933 mystery novel by Dashiell Hammett. ...
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Woodbridge Woody Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 - February 5, 1943) was an American film director. ...
Hunt Stromberg (12 July 1894, Louisville, Kentucky - 23 August 1968, Santa Monica, California) was an Academy Award winning American film producer. ...
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ...
Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ...
Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ...
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ...
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ...
MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...
is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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After the Thin Man is the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. ...
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William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ...
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ...
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy in the 1939 film Another Thin Man) Nick and Nora Charles, or Mr. ...
Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ...
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Completed in 1934 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the film was directed by W.S. Van Dyke from a script by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the screenplay was based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, supposedly based on his relationship with playwright Lillian Hellman. Also appearing in the film were Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Cesar Romero, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, William Henry, Harold Huber and Natalie Moorhead. See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ...
// The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...
Woodbridge Woody Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 - February 5, 1943) was an American film director. ...
Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ...
Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ...
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ...
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ...
Maureen OSullivan as Jane in Tarzan and His Mate Maureen O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress. ...
Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 - October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler and film actor. ...
Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. ...
Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 - October 6, 1953) was a film actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s many times, due to a weak chin and shifty eyes, playing movie villians. ...
For other men with the same name, see: Wiliam Henry (disambiguation). ...
The "Thin Man" of the title was actually the lead suspect, but the name was thought by virtually everyone to refer to Nick Charles, and it was used in the titles of the sequels, although no one ever called him that.
In 1997, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry after being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
Plot Nick Charles, a retired detective, and his wife Nora are attempting to settle down when he's pulled back into service by a friend's disappearance and possible involvement in a murder. The friend, Clyde Wynant (the "thin man" referenced by the film's title), has mysteriously vanished just after his former lover is found dead. Wynant quickly becomes the prime suspect, but his daughter Dorothy can't believe he did it. She convinces Nick to take the case much to the amusement of his socialite wife. With a drink in his hand and a smirk on his face, the detective stumbles off to find clues. The mystery deepens as the empty martini glasses and dead bodies pile up. Between witty exchanges, the couple manages to piece things together. The murderer is finally revealed in an amusing dinner-party scene, featuring all of the suspects.
Sequels After the Thin Man is the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. ...
Another Thin Man is a 1939 film, the third in the series of six Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett. ...
Shadow of the Thin Man was the fourth of the six Thin Man movies. ...
In The Thin Man Goes Home, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles (with their dog Asta) leave their kindergartner son at home in new York while they go visit Nicks parents in Sycamore Springs, the town where he grew up, and of course a murder mystery crops...
Song of the Thin Man was a 1947 film, the last of the six Thin Man movies. ...
Radio and television The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series initially starred Les Damon and Claudia Morgan. It was broadcast on all four major radio networks between 1941 and 1950. The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series, initially starring Les Damon, was broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. ...
The half-hour weekly TV series, produced by MGM Television, was shown on NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959, starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as the Charleses. In 1975, Craig Stevens and Jo Ann Pflug starred in the television film Nick and Nora. A 1991 musical, Nick and Nora, starring Barry Bostwick and Joanna Gleason in the title roles, closed after only nine performances. The Thin Man was a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. ...
MGM Television Entertainment logo MGM Television (first known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, and later MGM/UA Television) is an American television production/distribution company that was launched in 1955 and a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. ...
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The Rat Pack. ...
Phyllis Kirk, born Phyllis Kirkegaard (September 18, 1927 - October 19, 2006) was an American actress. ...
Craig Stevens (July 8, 1918 – May 10, 2000) was an American motion picture and television actor. ...
Jo Ann Pflug (born May 2, 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia)and raised in Winter Park, Florida is an American motion picture and television actress. ...
The Black Crook (1866) is considered the first musical comedy Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ...
Barry Knapp Bostwick (February 24, 1945[1]) is an American actor and singer. ...
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian-born actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage. ...
Production Some of the interior scenes from were shot inside the Bidwell Mansion in Chico, California. Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park in Chico, California is a three story, 26 room Victorian house museum that stands as a memorial to John and Annie Bidwell. ...
Nickname: Location of Chico in California Coordinates: , Country State County Settled 1843 Founded 1860 Incorporated January 8, 1872 Government - Mayor Andrew Holcombe - City Council Scott Gruendl Steve Bertagna Larry Wahl Ann Schwab Mary Flynn Tom Nickell - City Manager Area - City 71. ...
Parody In the 1976 comedy spoof movie Murder by Death, the characters of Nick and Nora Charles became Dick and Dora Charleston, played by David Niven and Maggie Smith. Murder by Death is a 1976 ensemble comedy movie, written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. ...
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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Dame Maggie Smith, is a two-time Academy Award, and Emmy-winning English film, stage, and television actress. ...
See also This is a list of United States comedy films. ...
External links - The Thin Man at the Internet Movie Database
- The Internet Archive holds a radio adaptation of the film, originally broadcast on June 8, 1936 by Lux Radio Theater.
- Classic Film Guide review
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