Though William Powell and Myrna Loy were very close friends off-screen, their only romantic moments together occurred on-screen. The public, however, was determined to have them married in private life as well. When the two stars showed up in San Francisco (where most of this film was shot) at the St. Francis, the hotel management proudly showed "Mr. and Mrs. Powell" to their deluxe suite. This was an especially uncomfortable moment as Jean Harlow, who was engaged to Powell, was with them, and the couple had not made a public statement about their relationship. Harlow saved the day by insisting on sharing the suite with Loy: "That mix-up brought me one of my most cherished friendships," Loy said in "Being and Becoming", her autobiography. "You would have thought Jean and I were in boarding school we had so much fun. We'd stay up half the night talking and sipping gin, sometimes laughing, sometimes discussing more serious things." Meanwhile, Powell got the hotel's one remaining room--a far humbler accommodation downstairs.
The Thin Man (1934) ends at night with Nick and Nora on a train traveling west while the soundtrack plays "California, Here I Come." After The Thin Man (1936), the first sequel in the Thin Man series, was released two years later. Its story begins a few days after the final scene in the original movie, with Nick and Nora presumably on the same train traveling west while the soundtrack again plays "California, Here I Come."
Taking a humorous dig at the film standards board, the filmmakers have Asta and Mrs. Asta sleep in separate dog houses.
The first sequel to be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Although this sequel cost twice as much as The Thin Man (1934), it was still MGM's fifth biggest grossing film of the year, earning $3.1 million (@19 million dollars in 2020 dollars) on a $673,000 investment.