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''The Thin Man'' Films
- Remembered by Their Director

An article by “One Take Woody” (Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, Jr. 1889 – 1943) on the topic of the two Thin Man films he had directed between the years 1934 and 1937. The director rambles on about Dashiell Hammett, who wrote the best-selling novel, Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, who penned the screenplay and Alexander Woollcott’s film review:

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Hollywood History

''The Thin Man'' Films
- Remembered by Their Director

• Stage Magazine, 1937 •

Hollywood History

''The Thin Man'' Films - Remembered by Their Director

• Stage Magazine, 1937 •

''The Thin Man'' Films
- Remembered by Their Director