Another Thin Man (1939). New father Nick Charles gets roped into investigating threats directed at the old business partner of Nora's father. Thin Man #3 is sillier, with a grown man named Dum-Dum, and Shemp Howard in a bit role years before he became a main Stooge. It seamlessly continues the series with the same main cast, director, and screenwriters, from a Dashiell Hammett story that even throws in some CSI-style detective work.
It's gonna take a lot to dethrone the original, but this one was great, too. I really enjoyed Myrna Loy getting more of the one liners. This is an incredibly consistent string of movies.
Awhile back, I finished off the series. Outside of the original, this one became my new personal favorite:
The Thin Man Comes Home.- Nick and Nora visit Nick's hometown, and end up involved in a murder.
Followed by, The Shadow of The Thin Man.- Nick and Nora are at their wisecracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race track.
With The Song of The Thin Man, where they investigate the murder of a bandleader, coming in third.
I also watched a couple of the other Loy-Powell movies:
Evelyn Prentice.- The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Love Crazy.- A series of misunderstandings on their fourth wedding anniversary lead an architect and his wife to break up, but he pretends to be insane and even poses as his own sister in order to win her back.
Double Wedding.- Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger one's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
It was great watching them play characters that were the complete opposites of Nick and Nora Charles, but still have the same chemistry with each other.