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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.
The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man ... The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. [1]
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.
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.
Asta, from the film adaptation of The Thin Man (the novel's breed was a Schnauzer) George, from Bringing Up Baby; Mr. Atlas, from Topper Takes a Trip; Mr. Smith, from The Awful Truth; Sky, winner of the 2012 Purina Thanksgiving Dog Show [8] and the 2014 Westminster Dog Show. Snowy (French: Milou), companion of Tintin
Asta 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)
“I searched all over. I just couldn’t do it,” he added. “I couldn’t. I really tried hard. I couldn’t find anyone smarter.” “We settled on this guy,” Trump quipped, pointing to ...
The Thin Man is a media franchise featuring detective characters Nick and Nora Charles based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The franchise includes six theatrical films, one radio series, and one television series.