On October 15, 1937, the romantic comedy favorite Double Wedding first hit theaters. The film stars William Powell as a flighty filmmaker/bohemian who takes free-spirited young rebel Irene (Florence Rice) and her milquetoast longtime boyfriend Waldo (John Beal) under his…
Read more →Myrna Loy
What’s Your Favorite Non-“Thin Man” Myrna Loy Film Role?
She played William Powell’s wife and fellow sleuth six times, but there was more to Myrna Loy than Nora Charles. Vote in this week’s MovieFanFare poll for your top non-“Thin Man” performance by the actress once dubbed the “Queen of Hollywood.”
Read more →New Morals for Old (1932)
Guest blogger Laura G. reviews New Morals for Old, a 1932 pre-Code family drama starring Robert Young and Margaret Perry as siblings whose free-spirited ways test “old-fashioned” parents Lewis Stone and Laura Hope Crews.
Read more →The Thin Man: Movie Review
The Thin Man: Long before glamorous millionaires Jonathan, Jennifer, and Freeway Hart solved crimes for ABC on Tuesday nights, super-glamorous millionaires Nick, Nora, and Asta Charles were wittily revealing criminals for MGM on the silver screen. The Harts had five…
Read more →Another Thin Man: Movie Review
Today’s guest post from Priscilla presents a look at the 1939 film classic Another Thin Man: Another Thin Man was made as part of the enormously successful Thin Man Series, which spanned 13 years with six movies. It capitalized on the delectable pairing…
Read more →The Thin Man: How I Learned to Love Nick & Nora Charles
Long before McMillan and Wife and Hart to Hart graced the TV airwaves, William Powell and Myrna Loy ruled the roost at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios with a series of movies based on the Dashiell Hammett detective novel, The Thin Man.
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