Song of the Thin Man 1947

     The characters were in this film were created by Dashiell Hammett.  Nick and Nora Charles have not been working on cases as detectives but they are asked to look into the death of bandleader Tommy Drake.  Phil Brant and Janet Thayar have just eloped and Phil is a suspect.  Tommy was killed at a society dance attended by Nick and Nora. Drake was not very well liked and several people would benefit from his death.  Drake owned money to loan shark Al Amboy, Janet’s father dislikes Brant and he could have been framed for the murder?  Drake’s girlfriend may have been seeing clarinetist Buddy Hollis.  Drake and Hollis had a fistfight on stage during the dance.  Nick arranges for another party on the same boat to flush out suspects.

     I liked Asta, the dog owned by Nick and Nora.  They have a young son and the dog sneaks into bed with him every night.  I liked the clothing, hairstyles and cars of 1947.  I wasn’t sure who killed Drake so I just went along for the ride in this film.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)  

86 min, Comedy directed Edward Buzzell with William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Phillip Reed, Patricia Morison, Leon Ames, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Meadows, Ralph Morgan, Bess Flowers, Don Taylor.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 80% critic 69% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.6* out of 5* with 113 reviews, TCM Leonard Maltin 2.5* out of 4* user reviews 3.7* out of 5*.

Special Note:  Filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California.  This is the sixth and final film of the Thin Man movies released by MGM from 1934 to 1947.  Also, this is the last film for Myrna Loy for MGM.  Powell and Loy made fourteen films together and this is the thirteenth.  This film was a disappointment at the box office and a loss to MGM of $128,000 ($1.47 million in 2017 dollars).