Released - August, 1932 

Directed By - Rouben Mamoulian

Starring – Maurice Chevalier (Baron Maurice Courtelin), Jeanette MacDonald (Princess Jeanette), Charles Ruggles (Viscount Gilbert de Vareze), Charles Butterworth (Count de Savignac), Myrna Loy (Countess Valentine).

Description – A romantic musical that has Maurice Chevalier playing a tailor who is owed a lot of money by a penniless nobleman. To buy some time for his debt, Viscount de Vareze allows the tailor to move into his estate and decides to pass him off as a baron. The new baron meets and falls in love with the beautiful Princess Jeanette. Somewhat suspicious of the baron the princess is a little hesitant. Enjoy the fun and the music as suspicion gives in to love.

NOTABLE: In 1990 this movie was chosed for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. This film featured the classic Rodgers and Hart songs “Isn’t It Romantic?,” “Lover,” “Mimi,” and “Love Me Tonight”. A little wardrobe jealousy emerged as Jeanette MacDonald was jealous of how a white empire-styled dress looked on Myrna Loy for a party sequence and insisted on wearing the dress herself. This was not a problem for Loy as she, with a friends help, put together the black lace outfit she steals the scene in.

Love Me Tonight

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Released – November, 1941 

Directed By - W. S. Van Dyke

Starring – William Powell (Nick Charles), Myrna Loy (Nora Charles), Barry Nelson (Paul Clarke), Donna Reed (Molly), Sam Levene (Lieutenant Abrams).

Description – A relaxing day at the racetrack for Nick and Nora – no way! The day of their visit finds them in the middle of the murder of a jockey accused of throwing a race. While Nick is reluctant to get involved, his old friend Lt. Abrams, and a special state deputy in charge of investigating gambling scandals soon draw him into the murder mystery.

When the gambling investigation leads to yet another murder, with Nick and Nora’s friends Paul and Molly suspected of the killing, thing really get interesting. Enjoy the sophisticated sleuth as he gathers the multiple and colorful suspects together to finally unravel the crime.

NOTABLE: This fourth in the series of Thin Man mysteries was released two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Myrna Loy would not make another film for three years; she chose instead to leave Hollywood for New York and volunteer with the Red Cross.

This film was the screen debut of actor Barry Nelson.

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Personal Comment: As I have previously mentioned with the other Thin Man films on this site, they are some of my personal favorites. You can’t beat this series for sophisticated, comedic super-sleuthing fun!

Shadow of the Thin Man

The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora)

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