Myrna Loy presents a birthday cake to Director W.S. Van Dyke II on the set of the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama.

Van Dyke went on to direct Myrna in another film in 1934, The Thin Man!

Manhattan Melodrama was the first film pairing of William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Besides The Thin Man, Van Dyke also directed Powell and Loy in After The Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), I Love You Again (1940), and Shadow of The Thin Man (1941). Known for his rapid directing style, he was known as "One take Woody." After being diagnosed with heart disease and cancer, Van Dyke committed suicide in February 1943, aged 53.

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Saturday, Dec. 31 THE THIN MAN Double Feature

8:00 p.m. THE THIN MAN (1934) A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

9:45 p.m. AFTER THE THIN MAN (1939) Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge.

W.S. Van Dyke: One Shot Woody

A few words today in remembrance of pioneering screen director W.S. Van Dyke (Woodbridge Strong “Woody” Van Dyke II, 1889-1943). Born in San Diego, Van Dyke was raised in the theatre acting and performing with his mother in vaudevilleand stock companies from childhood, his father (a judge) having died when he was an infant. With his mother he toured circuits in the far and middle west primarily.…

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