The Thin Man

TCM fan Kadesh Dubose joins Ben Mankiewicz for an introduction and comments following The Thin Man, 1934.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

Dave Karger introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

Robert Osborne Introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

Robert Osborne introduces The Thin Man, 1934.

First appearance in the first feature for both Myrna Loy as Nora Charles and Asta the Wire Fox Terrier (real name “Skippy”), joining just-introduced William Powell as Nick Charles, with friend Dorothy (Maureen O’Sullivan) at a New York hotel bar, in the MGM hit from the Dashiel Hammet novel, W.S. Van Dyke directing, in The Thin Man, 1934.

Hosting a Christmas party at the hotel, former detective Nick (William Powell) introducing his old New York friends to his wife Nora (Myrna Loy), the radio reporting the case he's ignoring, in The Thin Man, 1934, from the original Dashiell Hammett novel.

Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) about to crash, discussing drinks and whether he should take a case offered that day, when Morelli (Edward Brophy) arrives, adding urgency, in the first in the series, The Thin Man, 1934.

Nick Charles (William Powell) enjoying his Christmas BB-gun with wife Nora (Myrna Loy), checking the papers regarding the previous night's dust-up when MacCaulay (Porter Hall) arrives, encouraging a visit with his suspiciously missing client, in MGM's The Thin Man, 1934.

A husband-and-wife detective team search for a missing inventor and almost get killed in The Thin Man (1934) starring William Powell & Myrna Loy.