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Skippy (also known as Asta, 1931–1951) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and for his role in the 1938 comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
Nick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man.The characters were later adapted for film in a series of films between 1934 and 1947; for radio from 1941 to 1950; for television from 1957 through 1959; as a Broadway musical in 1991; and as a stage play in 2009.
The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel 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.
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Loy and Powell (and the dog Skippy) in a promotional photo for The Thin Man. William Powell (1892–1984) and Myrna Loy (1905–1993) starred in 13 movies together in the 1930s and '40s. Loy also had an uncredited cameo in their 14th and last film together, The Senator Was Indiscreet , which starred Powell.
Wire Fox Terrier: The Thin Man, and the series of Thin Man movies Played by Skippy, Asta is the wire-haired fox terrier of Private Investigator Nick Charles and his wife Nora; about a couple who solve murders while their dog is usually underfoot. Audrey: Cairn Terrier: Neighbours (Australian)
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