During the Great Depression, Hollywood offered two primary forms of escapism for the poor and weary: propulsive crime dramas and glamorous fantasies about the rich and star-crossed. A few movies blended both genres, though none as successfully as MGM's hit series about Nick and Nora Charles. Dashiell Hammett's final novel, The Thin Man, introduced them as an oddball couple: he a hard-drinking but natty former cop and brilliant celebrity detective, and she as his pampered but game society bride, fascinated with his work and perpetually trying to get involved. The 1934 screen adaptation The Thin Man was the first of William Powell and Myrna Loy's six Nick and Nora films, 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 characterizations became the unwavering backbone of a terrific series.
William Powell and Myrna Loy were one of the smartest and sexiest on-screen couples of the '30s and '40s as Nick and Nora Charles, martini-sipping socialites who solved crimes in their spare time in The Thin Man and its sequels, and this special DVD box set collects all six movies in the series. Also includes a bonus disc, Alias Nick and Nora, collecting two insightful documentaries about the films' delightful stars.
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