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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.
The film Penthouse (1933), directed by W.S. Van Dyke, is described as a hybrid that combines the screwball comedy and crime genres.1