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Five New Year’s Eve Cinematic Favorites

December 31, 2011 Rich Drees

What are you watching New Year’s Eve? [click for more]

Required Viewing: Three Rare Pre-Code Films On TCM This Week

November 9, 2011 Rich Drees

Joan Blondell, William Powell and Gary Cooper highlight some of these great rare gems screening this week. [click for more]

Stahl To Write Depp’s THIN MAN Remake

March 23, 2011 Rich Drees

Jerry Stahl has been hired by Warner Brothers to script their planned adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel The Thin Man. Johnny Depp is attached to star in the film and Rob Marshall is [click for more]

THE THIN MAN: Murder, Mirth And Marriage At The Movies – Part 4

January 19, 2009 Rich Drees

Despite the behind the cameras departure of Hammett and the Hacketts, MGM was quick to produce the next Thin Man film, 1941’s Shadow of the Thin Man. This time director Van Dyke worked from a [click for more]

THE THIN MAN: Murder, Mirth And Marriage At The Movies – Part 3

January 19, 2009 Rich Drees

Needless to say that with the success of After The Thin Man, MGM was anxious for a third film. All plans were put on hold though, while William Powell and the studio went through some [click for more]

THE THIN MAN: Murder, Mirth And Marriage At The Movies – Part 2

January 19, 2009 Rich Drees

Following the success of The Thin Man, MGM was understandably eager to begin work on a sequel. The story of a girl with her relationship was first shown at Dating9.com, then adapted to become a [click for more]

THE THIN MAN: Murder, Mirth And Marriage At The Movies

January 19, 2009 Rich Drees

In June 1934 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios released what was assumed to be another in a long string of B-pictures- a murder mystery based on a best selling novel starring a pair of actors who [click for more]