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I T IS well known that the last movie John Dillinger watched was Woody Van Dyke's fine, compact Manhattan Melodrama .

The very public slaying of legendary bank robber John Dillinger outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre in 1934 is as much a moment in the history of film as American crime.

If dinner theater is your cup of tea there are two - count 'em - two opportunities for you this month.

Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. Near the end of Michael Mann's new gangster drama, "Public Enemies," John Dillinger sits down in a movie theater to watch the Clark Gable/Myrna Loy gangster picture, "Manhattan Melodrama." Want to see? * 'Public Enemies,' directed by Michael Mann, ...

In " Public Enemies ," which opens today, we see a movie rarity: people in a movie actually going to a movie.

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 .

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

Myrna Loy starts out as Clark Gable's mistress, ends up as William Powell's wife.

Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo starred in the remake. In a nod to the times, the wife's eight kids included African-American and Asian-American adoptees.

Well, it's a lazy holiday Monday, and so what better time to enjoy the great Myrna Loy responding to the great William Powell with one of the most perfect takes in the history of American film.

Among the fallout from last season's "The Bachelor" was a runner up who is a contender on "Dancing with the Stars" and a third place winner who gets to comb through her own group of suitors on "The Bachelorette" . Jillian Harris will have to meet 30 of them in the premiere, and dismiss 10 of them by the end of the two hour premiere.

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

He completed a couple of other forgettable movie projects before he finally hit pay dirt with a bit part in a movie that would go on to be a part of a celebrated film series.

His paper is being sued by socialite Connie Allenbury Myrna Loy) over misrepresentation.

In a famous scene in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House , the Myrna Loy character gives the painter elaborately detailed instructions about the color she wants for each room a 'for instance, an apple red that's "somewhere between a healthy Winesap and an unripened Jonathan." New ads for Benjamin Moore's youngish-and-hippish Ben line of paints ...

Oh, a late-season bout of the flu has Hit List feeling all Myrna Loy in "The Rains Came," and there's no Tyrone Powers around to feed us tea and help us cheat at solitaire.

PROOF is a good example of a typical glossy MGM romantic comedy-drama from the '30s, starring an attractive quartet of actors: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, and Walter Pidgeon.

Though Hammett was just 39 at its release, "The Thin Man" would be his last novel.

This article is taken from Stanley Fish's blog "Think Again" It's Top Ten time again, and like everyone else I have a list, in my case a list of the 10 best American movies ever.

Ever fancied sipping a Shirley Temple on the rocks, or glugging down a half-pint of Marlene Dietrich? This New Year's Eve you can, with these recipes of cocktails christened after stars of the silver screen ...