all of which are gathered in the seven-disc box set The Complete Thin Man Collection. The filmmaking teams and the tone changed over 13 years, but Powell and Loy's light, witty, unflappable ...

Charming illustrations and fairy-tale lensing are the chief draws of “The Thin Match-Man,” a lesson in how ... serious weaknesses in thesping and tone, plus distracting post-production dubbing ...

The Thin Man was adapted from the Dashiell Hammett mystery ... Hackett and Frances Goodrich leavened the novel's hard-boiled tone and grim wit. The result is less a detective story with occasional ...

The narrative was initially conceived as a more serious, San Francisco-based story, but Hammett shifted to a comedic, New York setting, introducing a wealthy amateur detective, which changed the tone ...

“It also helped to set the tone and style of a new, then-emerging Hollywood genre — the screwball comedy.” Should LuckyChap and Plan B co-produce, this will be the first “The Thin Man ...

Inspired by Dashiell Hammett’s “The Thin Man,” “Raise Your Other Right ... that seems “a little precious,” set an uplifting tone for the entire book. Further enhancing the picture ...