Filmed on what MGM considered a B-picture budget and schedule (14 days, which at Universal or Columbia would have been considered extravagant), The Thin Man proved to be sleeper, spawning a popular ...

Kissing, antiheroes, sex jokes, necklines—most cinephiles would agree these things were more fun before the conservative strictures of the Hays Code lorded over Hollywood. And while The Thin Man isn’t ...

Comedy-mysteries featuring Nick and Nora Charles: a former detective and his rich, playful wife. They solve a murder case mostly for the fun of it.

On May 25, 1934, “The Thin Man” was released to rave reviews and big box office returns. The popularity of husband-and-wife sleuths Nick and Nora Charles set the standard for romantic comedies with a ...

Not long ago, I listened to a podcast featuring a pair of millennial movie fans chatting as they combed through films included in the Criterion Collection. Edward F. Cline’s “The Bank Dick” (1940) ...

According to trade reports that Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap and Brad Pitt’s Plan B are set to produce a new version of The Thin Man. The very successful production houses are planning the set about ...