Skippy (dog)
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Skippy was a Wire Fox Terrier dog who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William
Skippy portraying "Asta" in After the Thin Man (1936)
Skippy with Wendy Barrie on the set of It's a Small World (1935)
Irene Dunne, Skippy and Cary Grant in The Awful Truth (1937)
William Powell, Myrna Loy and Skippy in The Thin Man (1934)
Bringing Up Baby
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Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a
Skippy (dog)
…the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and for his role in the 1938 comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Due to the popularity of his role in The Thin Man, Skippy is sometimes credited as Asta in public and in…
Theatrical release poster
David and Susan in jail
Hepburn and Grant in their second of four film collaborations
Katharine Hepburn and Nissa in a publicity photo; at one point, Nissa lunged at Hepburn but was stopped by the trainer's whip.