How did Trader Horn perform at the box office and the Academy Awards?

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W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of *The Thin Man* (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.

Released in 1931, the film Trader Horn was a significant success for director W.S. Van Dyke. It became a huge box-office hit and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.1