Myna Loy was a stage dancer who was screen-tested by Rudolph Valentino and went on to star in some sixty silent movies.  The sound era refined her persona as she appeared in light comedies and dramas with Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Frederic March, with The Thin Man being a career-defining moment.  She was never even nominated for an Academy Award in competition but received a special award in 1991 for a lifetime achievement.
            Halliwell gave Loy this dedication in the Filmgoer’s Companion, citing The Thin Man as her most representative work:

‘For the wit and elegance with which she lived up to her 30s title of ‘Queen of Hollywood’’

William Powell became the epitome of suave, cocktail-sipping sophistication in various screwball comediesand detective stories, with The Thin Man also being his most notable work.  Halliwell’s dedication from the Companion reads thus:

‘For spreading his cheerful suavity over 30s Hollywood; and for being so much at home in a dinner jacket.’

Year: 1934