The William Powell Guide to Suave: Sophisticated wit as featured in JEWEL ROBBERY ('32) See it tonight at 8pm ET as we kick off our salute to our May Star of the Month. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Release date: May 25, 1934 (USA) Director: W. S. Van Dyke Story by: Dashiell Hammett Sequel: After the Thin Man Screenplay: W. S. Van Dyke, Frances Goodrich

Remembering William Powell and Maria Ouspenskaya on their birthdays | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Originally intended for William Powell and Myrna Loy, the script for FOREVER, DARLING ('56) caught the attention of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz – who worked on the film during the hiatus of I LOVE LUCY. See it as part of tonight's Spotlight: Divine Intervention, at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

THE THIN MAN ('34) co-stars Myrna Loy and William Powell appeared in more than a dozen films together from 1934 until 1947, making them one of the most prolific screen pairings of all time. In her autobiography, Loy recalled, "From the very first scene, a curious thing passed between us, a feeling of rhythm, complete understanding, an instinct of how one could bring out the best in the other. In all our work together, you can see this strange — I don’t know what... a kind of rapport. It wasn’t c