After the Thin Man 1940. Powell and Loy reprised their roles. After the Thin Man After the Thin Man is a 1936 American film, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart, that is the sequel to the film "The Thin Man". The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and also featured Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as "Dorothy McNulty"). This was actually the sixth pairing for Myrna Loy and William Powell. The two made 14 pictures
Shadow of the Thin Man welcomed, coming two years after the previous outing and hitting theaters just two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would be three years before Loy would make another film ("The Thin Man Goes Home" in 1945) as she left Hollywood for New York, where she volunteered with the Red Cross. The film was fourth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: Shadow of the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six "The Thin Man" films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It