Picto-Sked returns! This is a feature that I will usually run at least a couple of times during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars schedule.
The Picto-Sked below gathers the entire August 9, 2014 schedule of William Powell movies playing on TCM and illustrates each with an actual period newspaper advertisement to give a little extra flavor of the times.
Past Picto-Skeds have proved popular with readers and even though they take me almost as long to build as posts that take a bit more thinking, I do honestly get a kick out of hunting down all of the old matching ads.
The schedule following below is for movies showing on Turner Classic Movies in the US with all times Eastern Daylight Time. Any past reviews, biographies or other relevant articles that I’ve written will be linked within the listings.
Without further ado, William Powell day on TCM’s Summer Under the Stars:
6:00 am EDT – The Road to Singapore (1931)
Starring William Powell, Doris Kenyon and Marian Marsh, directed by Alfred Green.
Found in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 10, 1931, page 19.
7:30 am – Jewel Robbery (1932)
Starring William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson and directed by William Dieterle.
Found in the Tuscaloosa News of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, September 4, 1932, page 9.
While it did try to be a little saucy at the bottom left I found that one a little bland overall, so here’s a bonus ad:
Found in The Evening-News of San Jose, California, August 24, 1932, page 19.
Signa Serene?
8:45 am – Lawyer Man (1933)
Starring William Powell, Joan Blondell, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Helen Vinson and David Landau. Directed by William Dieterle.
Found in the Tuscaloosa News again, February 12, 1933, page 5.
10:00 am – Double Harness (1933)
Starring Ann Harding, William Powell, Lucille Browne, directed by John Cromwell.
Found in the Schenectady Gazette of Schenectady, New York, August 21, 1933, page 13.
11:15 am – Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Starring Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy and directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
Found in the Tuscaloosa News (shoot, another one!), May 13, 1934, page 13.
Bonus Re-Release ad from 1937 making mention of Dillinger infamy:
Found in the Afro American of Washington, D.C., August 7, 1937, page 10.
1:00 pm – Libeled Lady (1936)
Starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Walter Connolly. Directed by Jack Conway.
Found in the Spokane Daily Chronicle of Spokane, Washington, October 23, 1936, page 12.
2:45 pm – Double Wedding (1937)
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal, directed by Richard Thorpe.
Found in the Prescott Evening Courier of Prescott, Arizona, November 9, 1937, page 5.
4:30 pm – I Love You Again (1940)
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
Found in the Daily Times of Beaver and Rochester, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1940, page 4.
6:15 pm – Love Crazy (1941)
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick and Jack Carson. Directed by Jack Conway.
Found in the Ellensburg Daily Record of Ellensburg, Washington, August 16, 1941, page 3.
Daffy as a daffodil?
8:00 pm – The Thin Man (1934)
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
Found in the Evening News of San Jose, California, June 16, 1934, page 5.
9:45 pm – After the Thin Man (1936)
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
Found in the Evening Independent of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 1937, page 16.
Bonus vintage trading card, because who can get enough Asta?
11:45 pm – Crossroads (1942)
Starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, directed by Jack Conway.
Found in the Miami News, August 12, 1942, page B-3.
1:15 am – Mister Roberts (1955)
Starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon. Directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy.
Found in the Pittsburgh Press, August 5, 1955, page 10.
Sorry, that was the best I could find — the 1950s ads just weren’t as good as the earlier ones.
3:30 am – The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young and James Whitmore, directed by Richard Thorpe.
Found in the Spokesman Review of Spokane, Washington, June 26, 1953, page 18.
No image of Powell! I’ve got you covered with another old trading card:
4:45 am – High Pressure (1932)
Starring William Powell, Evelyn Brent, Frank McHugh, George Sidney, Guy Kibbee and Evalyn Knapp, directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Found in the Florence Times of Florence, Alabama, March 26, 1932, page 4.
I hope you enjoy the movies!
Barring any surprises I do plan to be back tomorrow with an article about one of the Carole Lombard movies that TCM will be playing on Sunday.
Thanks for this Cliff…I really enjoy the Picto-Skeds
Thanks, Paula! They’re fun for me too. Will have at least one more, though probably no more than two, before the month is over.
ME TOO I was glad they show Double harness remember they discovered copy in RKO archvies they digital remaster for box set something about contract dispute