The Thin Man movies were among some of the most popular films at the time, and the uncanny chemistry between Loy and Powell ...

The Thin Man was an entertaining novel, and now it's an entertaining picture. In the Dashiell Hammett original there was considerable material not suited by nature to pictures.

They made six Thin Man movies between 1934 and 1947, after all. There is also the prequel, which has become more common but less ubiquitous. Perhaps that’s because you can only really go to the ...