"in their youth. He tries to shoot his nemesis, only to find that Nick had taken the precaution of removing the firing pin. Nick's father is very impressed. The film was fifth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: The Thin Man Goes Home The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six ""Thin Man"" films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. This entry in ""The Thin Man"" series was the first not directed"
"Mayer at first refused to allow Loy to play the part because he felt she was a dramatic actress, but Van Dyke insisted. Mayer finally relented on the condition that filming be completed within three weeks, as Loy was committed to start filming ""Stamboul Quest"". ""The Thin Man"" became one of the year's biggest hits, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Loy received excellent reviews and was acclaimed for her comedic skills. Her costar William Powell and she proved to be a popular screen couple and appeared in 14 films together, one of the most prolific"
"as his carefree wife ""Nora"" in the ""Thin Man"" series. Six films in all were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1934 to 1947. Based on ""The Thin Man"" novel by Dashiell Hammett, these were witty, sophisticated romps that combined elements of the screwball comedy film within a complex murder mystery plot. In the middle of this series, RKO hired Powell and Jean Arthur for ""The Ex-Mrs. Bradford"" (1936), a breezy comedy-mystery that successfully replicated MGM's ""Thin Man"" formula. Warner Brothers responded with a similar comedy, ""Footsteps in the Dark"" (1941), with Errol Flynn playing a married stockbroker who leads a double"
"Jesse Graves Jesse Graves, also known as Jessie Graves or Jesse A. Graves, was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he appeared in over 100 films. Some of the more notable include: ""After the Thin Man"" in 1936, which stars William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart; 1938's ""Jezebel"" with Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and George Brent; the Mickey Rooney version of ""The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" (1939); Frank Capra's 1939 political comedy-drama, ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"", starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur; the Orson Welles classic, ""Citizen Kane"" (1941); the George Gershwin"
"was filmed almost entirely in Africa; ""Tarzan the Ape Man"" (1932); ""Manhattan Melodrama"" (1934); and ""Marie Antoinette"" (1938). He is perhaps best remembered, however, for directing Myrna Loy and William Powell in four ""Thin Man"" films: ""The Thin Man"" (1934), ""After the Thin Man"" (1936), ""Another Thin Man"" (1939), and ""Shadow of the Thin Man"" (1941); and Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in six of their greatest hits, ""Naughty Marietta"" (1935), ""Rose Marie"" (1936), ""Sweethearts"" (1938), ""New Moon"" (1940) (uncredited because halfway through filming Robert Z. Leonard took over), ""Bitter Sweet"" (1940), and ""I Married an Angel"" (1942). The earthquake"
"pairings in Hollywood history. Loy later referred to ""The Thin Man"" as the film ""that finally made me ... after more than 80 films."" Her successes in ""Manhattan Melodrama"" and ""The Thin Man"" marked a turning point in her career, and she was cast in more important pictures. Such films as ""Wife vs. Secretary"" (1936) with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, and ""Petticoat Fever"" (1936) with Robert Montgomery gave her opportunity to develop comedic skills. She made four films in close succession with William Powell: ""Libeled Lady"" (1936), which also starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; ""The Great Ziegfeld"" (1936),"
"in which she played Billie Burke opposite Powell's Florenz Ziegfeld; the second Thin Man film, ""After the Thin Man"" (1936), with Powell and James Stewart; and the romantic comedy ""Double Wedding"" (1937). Loy married Arthur Hornblow in 1936 in-between filming the successive productions. She was later rumored to have had affairs with co-star Tracy between 1935 and 1936 while filming ""Whipsaw"" and ""Libeled Lady"". She also made three more films with Gable at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): ""Parnell"" (1937) was a historical drama and one of the most poorly received films of either Loy's or Gable's career, but their other pairings in"
"playing a small role as an evil henchman of Professor Moriarty in a production of ""Sherlock Holmes"" with John Barrymore. His most memorable role in silent movies was as a bitter film director opposite Emil Jannings' Academy Award-winning performance as a fallen general in ""The Last Command"" (1928). This success, along with Powell's pleasant speaking voice, led to his first starring role as amateur detective Philo Vance in the ""talkie"" ""The Canary Murder Case"" (1929). Powell's most famous role was that of Nick Charles in six ""Thin Man"" films, beginning with ""The Thin Man"" in 1934, based upon Dashiell Hammett's"
"The Thin Man (TV series) The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel ""The Thin Man"" (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. It was the first TV series produced by MGM. The series starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles. The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. Jack Albertson, Patricia Donahue, and Nita Talbot had recurring roles during the show's second season. Albertson played Lieutenant Harry Evans of the"
"movie exhibitors throughout the United States for the stars who had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year. By the late 1930s, Loy was highly regarded for her performances in romantic comedies, and she was anxious to demonstrate her dramatic ability. She was cast in the lead female role in ""The Rains Came"" (1939) opposite Tyrone Power. She filmed ""Third Finger, Left Hand"" (1940) with Melvyn Douglas and appeared in ""I Love You Again"" (1940), ""Love Crazy"" (1941), and ""Shadow of the Thin Man"" (1941), all with William Powell. On June 1, 1942, Loy divorced husband"
"1931 to promote fundraising for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium, but does not appear. In the trailer for the first ""The Thin Man"" film in 1934, Powell plays both Vance and Nick Charles via split screen, as Charles tells Vance about the mystery he solves in the movie. At the time, ""The Thin Man""'s studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, had not produced a Philo Vance film since 1930, and the property was at that time contracted to Warner Bros. MGM regained the rights for 1935's ""The Casino Murder Case"", but Powell did not appear in that film. Three radio drama series were"
"her many roles throughout the 1950s. She appeared with Vincent Price in the 3-D horror film ""House of Wax"" (1953). Her most notable television role was opposite Peter Lawford in ""The Thin Man"" (19571959), wherein they played Nick and Nora Charles. A newspaper columnist described what distinguished Kirk's role in the program: ""[I]t's her brains that keep her flying high on 'The Thin Man' series."" She also appeared with Jerry Lewis in his 1957 film ""The Sad Sack"" and the 1956 film ""Back from Eternity"". Kirk was a regular on ""The Red Buttons Show"" and appeared as a guest on"
"Sony's getTV in March 2016. The Thin Man (TV series) The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel ""The Thin Man"" (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. It was the first TV series produced by MGM. The series starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles. The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. Jack Albertson, Patricia Donahue, and Nita Talbot had recurring roles during the show's second season. Albertson played"
"long after marrying screenwriter Frances Goodrich, the couple went to Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay for their stage success ""Up Pops the Devil"" for Paramount Pictures. In 1933 they signed a contract with MGM and remained with them until 1939. Among their earliest assignments was writing the screenplay for ""The Thin Man"" (1934). They were encouraged by the director W. S. Van Dyke to use the writing of Dashiell Hammett as a basis only, and to concentrate on providing witty exchanges for the principal characters, Nick and Nora Charles (played by William Powell and Myrna Loy)."
"film was released in May 25, 1934 to extremely positive reviews and was a box office hit, with special praise for the chemistry between Loy and Powell. Mordaunt Hall of ""The New York Times"" called it ""an excellent combination of comedy and excitement"", and the film appeared on the ""Times"" year-end list of the ten best of the year. """"The Thin Man"" was an entertaining novel, and now it's an entertaining picture"", reported ""Variety"". ""For its leads the studio couldn't have done better than to pick Powell and Miss Loy, both of whom shade their semi-comic roles beautifully."" ""The screen"
"Skippy (dog) Skippy (also known as Asta, born 1931 or 1932; retired 1941) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog ""Asta"" in the 1934 detective comedy ""The Thin Man"", starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Due to the popularity of the role, Skippy is sometimes credited as Asta in public and in other films. Skippy was trained by his owners Henry East and Gale Henry East, and also by Frank Weatherwax and assistant trainers Rudd Weatherwax and Frank Inn. In"
"in the Money"", starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, followed by another small role in ""Public Hero No. 1"", a 1935 crime drama starring Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur. In 1936 he would play the famous boxer, John L. Sullivan in a featured role in Irving Pichel's drama, ""The Gentleman from Louisiana"" (1936). Later in 1936 he would reunite with Shirley Temple in the supporting role of Ferguson in 1936's ""Poor Little Rich Girl"". Later that year he would appear in the role of Harold in the 1936 detective comedy ""After the Thin Man"", starring William Powell and Myrna Loy."
"""The Omaha Trail"" (1942). He was briefly married to silent film actress Josephine Stevens from 1917 to the mid 1920s. Their union produced one daughter, Roberta (Bobbie) Ellis born in 1918. Ellis died on July 26, 1952 at the age of 81 from heart failure due to prostate cancer. Edward Ellis (actor) Edward Mayne Ellis (November 12, 1870 – July 26, 1952) was an American actor. He is best known for playing the title role in ""The Thin Man"", as well as in ""A Man to Remember"". Ellis was born in Coldwater, Michigan, the second child of Edward C. Ellis,"
"Phyllis Calvert Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s such as ""The Man in Grey"" (1943) and was one of the most popular movie stars in Britain in the 1940s. She continued acting until some 50 years later. In the words of one account: ""Most of the time she drew what looked like the short straw, playing the 'good girl' in films that revelled in the exploits of"
"Marion Shilling Marion Shilling (December 3, 1910 – November 6, 2004) was an American film actress of the 1930s. Marion Helen Schilling was born in Denver, Colorado in 1910. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was young. She graduated from Central High School there in 1928. She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as ""Miss Lulu Betts"" and ""Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"". In 1929 she received her first screen role in ""Wise Girls"". After a couple of roles in other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the 1930"
"it became her permanent screen name. Lombard appeared in five films released during 1931, beginning with the Frank Tuttle comedy ""It Pays to Advertise"". Her next two films, ""Man of the World"" and ""Ladies Man"", both featured William Powell, Paramount's top male star. Lombard had been a fan of the actor before they met, attracted to his good looks and debonair screen persona, and they were soon in a relationship. The differences between the pair have been noted by biographers: she was 22, carefree, and famously foul-mouthed, while he was 38, intellectual, and sophisticated. Despite their disparate personalities, Lombard married"
"Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in ""The Thin Man"" (1934). Born in Helena, Montana, Loy was raised in rural Radersburg throughout her early childhood, before relocating to Los Angeles with her mother in"
"Loy. The title of both the book and the film referred to the murder victim, Clyde Wynant, that Nick is initially hired to find, but producers referred to ""The Thin Man"" in the titles of each of the sequel films for branding purposes. As a consequence ""The Thin Man"" was eventually elided by the public into an alias for the character of Nick Charles. So strongly were Powell and Loy identified with the characters of the Charleses in the public mind that many mistakenly assumed the actors were a couple in real life as well. The on-screen chemistry between Powell"
"Slim (film) Slim is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien and Henry Fonda. It is sometimes (incorrectly) called ""Slim the Lineman"". The picture is a film adaptation of the 1934 novel ""Slim"" by William Wister Haines, which concerns linemen in the electric power industry. The supporting cast features Margaret Lindsay and Jane Wyman. Slim, a farmer from southeastern Ohio, becomes fascinated by a crew of linemen erecting transmission towers across his uncle and aunt's property. He asks Pop (J. Farrell MacDonald) for a job, but there are no openings. When a man"
"The Invisible Woman (1940 film) The Invisible Woman is an American science fiction comedy film that was released near the end of 1940 by Universal. It is the third ""Invisible Man"" film following ""The Invisible Man"" and ""The Invisible Man Returns"", which had been released earlier in the year. It was more of a screwball comedy than other films in the series. The film stars Virginia Bruce in the lead role, the aging John Barrymore, John Howard, Charlie Ruggles, and Oscar Homolka, and features Margaret Hamilton, Charles Lane, and Shemp Howard. The wealthy lawyer Dick Russell (John Howard) funds the"
"Thinner (film) Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1984 novel of the same name and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wührer and Bethany Joy Lenz. The film screened alongside Michael Jackson's short film ""Michael Jackson's Ghosts"" in select theaters around the world. Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) is an obese, upper-class lawyer living with his wife Heidi (Lucinda Jenney) and their daughter Linda (Bethany Joy Lenz). Billy recently defended"
"Important Person"" (1947). Stockwell had supporting roles in ""The Arnelo Affair"" (1947); ""The Romance of Rosy Ridge"" (1947) (playing Janet Leigh's brother); ""Song of the Thin Man"" (1947), billed fourth as the son of William Powell and Myrna Loy. Stockwell later said, ""I have very positive feelings regarding both of them, they were very sweet people, especially Myrna Loy. And that cute little dog, Asta. I liked that little dog."" Nevertheless, Stockwell found the experience of being a child actor difficult overall, stating, ""I didn't enjoy acting particularly, when I was young. I thought it was a lot of work."
"prequel explores the origin of the Nick and Nora characters from Hammett's original novel. The film adaptation of ""The Thin Man"" was a resounding success. Although Hammett never wrote another novel with Nick and Nora Charles, five movie sequels were produced, two of which were adapted by Warner Brother's writers from two original Hammett works written after the success of the first film. The film followed the plot of the novel quite closely, but the Nick Charles character, described in the book as overweight and out of shape, was portrayed by the slim William Powell. Nora was portrayed by Myrna"
"failure was based on the fact that the ""mean-spirited film did not have one single likable character."" Thinner (film) Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1984 novel of the same name and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wührer and Bethany Joy Lenz. The film screened alongside Michael Jackson's short film ""Michael Jackson's Ghosts"" in select theaters around the world. Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) is an obese, upper-class lawyer"
"posthumously released autobiography by Robert B. Sherman) writes about his teenage friendship with Lake. Veronica Lake's image was used as a sight gag in the movie ""The Major and the Minor"" (1942) with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. Veronica Lake Veronica Lake (born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman; November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake won both popular and critical acclaim for her role in ""Sullivan's Travels"" and for femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd during the 1940s. She was also well known for her peek-a-boo hairstyle. By the"
"(starring Gary Cooper), ""The Women"" (Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell), ""Broadway Rhythm"", ""The Thin Man Goes Home"" (William Powell and Myrna Loy), ""Little Orphan Annie"", and ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"". Frequently seen in the same frame with Hollywood's top stars, her face often appears in movie stills from a number of famous feature films. In Billy Wilder's ""The Major and the Minor"", she was one of the wallflower girls doing Veronica Lake imitations, often called the funniest scene in this classic comedy. Jane Isbell Jane Isbell (May 1, 1927 – October 19, 1981) was a minor actress, bit"
"1942 20th Century Fox musical ""Orchestra Wives"". In ""The Thin Man"" (1934), Romero played a villainous supporting role opposite the film's main star William Powell. Many of Romero's films from this early period saw him cast in small character parts, such as Italian gangsters and East Indian princes. Romero had a lead role as the Pathan rebel leader, Khoda Khan, in John Ford's British Raj-era action film ""Wee Willie Winkie"" (1937) and ""The Little Princess"" (1939) alongside Shirley Temple. He also appeared in a comic turn as a foil for Frank Sinatra and his crew in ""Ocean's 11"" (1960). Romero"
"Evelyn Prentice Evelyn Prentice is a 1934 American crime drama film starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and featuring Una Merkel and Rosalind Russell in her film debut. The movie was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by W. E. Woodward. Filmed between the original ""Thin Man"" and the first of its sequels, William Powell and Myrna Loy are re-teamed as another husband-and-wife team knee deep in a murder mystery. Evelyn Prentice, neglected wife of attorney John Prentice, begins a flirtation with Lawrence Kennard, a poet, who turns out to be a gigolo. It also comes out"