Ruth Channing

Acting

Ruth Channing

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Acting credits

The Thin Man poster
7.5

Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke and adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man combines witty dialogue, sophisticated comedy, romance, and classic mystery. William Powell and Myrna Loy are perfectly matched as Nick and Nora Charles, whose playful banter and effortless chemistry made them one of Hollywood’s most beloved screen couples. This stylish 1934 mystery remains a landmark of classic American cinema.

The Thin Man

1934

Working Girls poster
7.1

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.

Working Girls

1931

The Merry Widow poster
6.7

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Merry Widow

1934

Outlawed Guns poster
8.0

Outlawed Guns stars Buck Jones as Reece Rivers, the nice-guy older brother of headstrong Babe Rivers. When Babe gets mixed up with outlaws, Reece loyally takes the rap. Eventually Babe pays for his recklessness with his life, but not before leading Reece to the film's head bad guy, gambler Jack Keeler.

Outlawed Guns

1935

Lazy River poster
7.0

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

Lazy River

1934

Vanity Street poster
7.1

A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".

Vanity Street

1932

Broadway to Hollywood poster
5.0

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

Laughing Boy poster
3.7

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

Laughing Boy

1934