Where can I find this movie?

January 9, 2011 2:27 PM

What movie is this still from?
posted by lockstitch to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

I don't know, but I *think* that the woman in the picture is Myrna Loy. That might help.
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:44 PM on January 9, 2011

If it's Myrna Loy, it's probably from one of the Thin Man movies.
posted by amyms at 4:26 PM on January 9, 2011

The Internet Movie Firearms Database says that Myrna Loy fired a Colt Detective Special Revolver in The Thin Man but they don't seem to have the picture from your question, so I can't verify whether this is on the right track.
posted by amyms at 4:34 PM on January 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

I've seen The Thin Man many times and I'm fairly sure it's not from that movie, or from After the Thin Man (which I've also seen several times). It might be from a different Thin Man movie, but I can say with almost certainty that it's not from the first two...

The man behind her looks as though he's wearing a uniform if that helps.
posted by patheral at 4:51 PM on January 9, 2011

I don't think it's from the Thin Man movies. Her dress is way too casual and she looks too young (if in fact it's Myrna Loy at all...I feel that it's from the late 20s, in which case Myrna would still have been playing glamour queens and Asian women) -- Nora in the Thin Man movies was usually dressed in furs and elegant gowns when she went out and was quite a bit older (see this publicity photo for an idea of what I'm talking about).
posted by mynameisluka at 4:52 PM on January 9, 2011

I've seen most of the Thin Man movies and I'm pretty sure it's not from any of them. In fact I don't think it's Myrna Loy at all.
posted by interplanetjanet at 5:43 PM on January 9, 2011

Best answer: It's from City Streets (1931). That is Sylvia Sidney.
posted by gubo at 5:55 PM on January 9, 2011 [5 favorites]

Just popping in to add that it was an extremely influential film in the early talkie era, from one of the greatest (relatively) unsung directors, Rouben Mamoulian. His brilliant directing of a string of films in the 1930s - e.g., City Streets, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the template-setting musical Love Me Tonight - almost certainly did more than any other person to free up the camera and soundtrack, waking up a major chunk of Hollywood to the potential of things like voiceovers, subjective point of view shots and other cool new technical experiments. Sorry for the tangent; he's a personal fave. :)
posted by mediareport at 9:13 PM on January 9, 2011 [2 favorites]