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Friday Nov 27 | About.com

What to Watch on TCM This Weekend

Look for a real treat on Friday with the immortal classic comedy, Some Like It Hot , named the No.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Myrna Loy, Horror Movies, Thriller, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Science Fiction Movies

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

Stockings, a rat, makes her movie debut

Filmmakers have employed animals as actors since the medium's emergence. A dog named Skippy played Asta in the 1934 classic film 'The Thin Man' and Francis the Talking Mule starred in comedies throughout the 1950s.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Theater, Arts, Joseph Stalin, Prison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Pvvt.com

The classics return to the big screen

Have you ever wanted to see on the big screen Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor dancing and singing away Singin' in the Rain or what about The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy? Starting in December, you will be able to see these classic movies and more at All-Star Cinemas.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, William Powell

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Interior designer Jan Showers says luxury soothes the soul

Jan Showers describes this sunroom in a Dallas house as a "very happy room," with plenty of natural light and perfect proportions.

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Related Topix: Arts, Interior Design, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, My Man Godfrey, William Powell

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Caliente

1934's 'The Thin Man' at the Fox on Saturday

The Fox Theatre's fall/winter classics series continues with William Powell in "The Thin Man" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 17 W. Congress St.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Mystery Movies, William Powell

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Associated Content

Great Movie Duos: Powell and Loy

There is perhaps no movie duo more enduring or loveable than that of William Powell and Myrna Loy, made famous and best known as Nick and Nora Charles in the Thin Man series.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Manhattan Melodrama, William Powell, Myrna Loy

Wed Sep 23, 2009

The Independent

Alistair Cooke at the Movies, Edited by Geoff Brown

Alistair Cooke wrote about the cinema for 75 years most of his career, in fact. He started, inevitably, as an undergraduate reviewer at Cambridge.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Classy 'Thin Man' needs sustenance

One conclusion you might reach well before the end of "The Thin Man" -- the ever-popular Dashiell Hammett story now in a City Lit Theater production featuring a new stage adaptation by Terry McCabe and snappy direction by Adrianne Cury -- is that when it comes to knocking back drinks, Nick and Nora Charles easily could go head-to-head with another ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Vocal, Dashiell Hammett, Theater, Arts, Sports, Entertainment

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Bostonist

Saturday Happenings

It is hot, muggy, and miserable. Perfect movie weather. And the Brattle will help you spend the entire day in its air conditioning by showing every movie in "The Thin Man" series, a trick the theater first pulled 20 years ago.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Theater, Arts, Dashiell Hammett, Vocal, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Cambridge, MA

Thu Aug 20, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Caycee Black's designs show her dancing dreams

Kate Baxter of the Neal Hamil Agency wears items from the Caycee Black fall-winter 2009 collection, including the wool gentlemen's jacket in charcoal, $575; skyscraper pants in steel wool, $525; and a silk tuxedo blouse in charcoal, $388. All are available at Tootsies.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies

Wed Aug 12, 2009

James Wolcott

Digg This

I am pleased to announce that Laura Jacobs, the Myrna Loy to my William Powell , now has her own site up, handsomely designed by Bill Valentine , which serves as a fitting album for her new novel, The Bird Catcher .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Myrna Loy, William Powell, The Thin Man, Entertainment, Television, Julie & Julia

Tue Aug 04, 2009

WNBC New York Channel 4

Top 5 Slosher Films

'The Legend of Drunken Master' In what may be the mother of all don't-try-this-at-home-kids movie plots, "Drunken Master" stars Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung, an unstoppable fighter as long as he gets really drunk first.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Aug 03, 2009

WNBC New York Channel 4

Top 5 Slosher Films

'The Legend of Drunken Master' In what may be the mother of all don't-try-this-at-home-kids movie plots, "Drunken Master" stars Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung, an unstoppable fighter as long as he gets really drunk first.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Philly.com

Carrie Rickey: Myrna Loy, The Public Enemy's Pinup

A Myrna Loy sandwich between the moustachioed Clark Gable and William Powell. According to Michael Mann's Public Enemies , it was FBI agent Melvin Purvis who set the trap that caught notorious bankrobber John Dillinger .

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Manhattan Melodrama, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Horror Movies, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Love Me Tonight, Adventure, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Myrna Loy

Wed Jun 24, 2009

NorthJersey.com

TV best bets

William Powell and Myrna Loy continue their roles as amateur sleuths Nick and Nora Charles in this 1936 crime caper.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, After the Thin Man, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, William Powell, Myrna Loy, The Thin Man, Entertainment, Television

Sun Jun 14, 2009

StarNewsOnline.com

Book Review - 'Dare to Die' A beach-ready read

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 9:38 p.m. New York might have Nick and Nora Charles, the wealthy and dazzling society sleuths of Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man,' who solve crimes as a public service .

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Related Topix: New York, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Dashiell Hammett, Vocal

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Manhattan Users Guide

Up Next

Don't miss Summer Hours playing at these movie theaters - as rich and memorable as a first-rate novel The start of herring season doesn't sound like much if you've never tasted the Dutch beauties freshly arrived.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Ponys, Short, Music!, Paul McCartney, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Honesdale, PA

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Cbs4denver.com

Denver's One Book To Be Decided By An Online Vote

Jun 1, 2009 10:56 am US/Mountain By Jesse Sarles, cbs4denver.com For the first time in its now-five year history, Denver's mayor won't be the one picking the book featured in his One Book, One Denver program.

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Related Topix: Denver, CO, Denver Metro, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Entertainment

Thu May 14, 2009

Denver Post

Bar & Grilled: Mark Obmascik

BAR: THE THIN MAN The Thin Man, at 2015 E. 17th Ave., is a properly thin bar. The joint is shoehorned between St.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Denver, CO, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Entertainment

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Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy

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