We complain a lot about Hollywood, usually with good reason, and particularly when they put out publicity stills featuring spankings for movies with no actual spanking scenes in them. In a few cases, however, the studios did the right thing, and put actual spankings into the movies themselves. Once such example was The Thin Man Goes Home (1945), a sequel to The Thin Man, which was itself a pretty good representative of the mystery genre (and which originated in book form, of course). Sequels are in general decidedly inferior to the original flick, and range from indifferent to awful (think of Battle For The Planet Of the Apes), but that is another matter entirely. Interestingly, this isn't a still picture but a drawing - and the artist managed to put a good deal of sexuality into it!
We don't remember too much about The Thin Man Goes Home, not having seen it for many years because most T.V. stations don't broadcast old black-and-white films any more, but we do remember a spanking scene very much like the one depicted in the ad: William Powell gives Myrna Loy several whacks using a rolled-up newspaper of all things. Dude - she's your wife, not the family dog! Next time, use your hand, or try a hairbrush or paddle!
