Immortal Ephemera

Classic Movies & Movie Collectibles

Jewel Robbery (1932) – Kay Francis and William Powell for a Sixth Time

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A look at Jewel Robbery (1932), a unique heist-romance from Warner Brothers starring William Powell and Kay Francis. It’s a sophisticated yet often silly and almost always sinful pre-code classic.

Abandon Ship (1957) aka Seven Waves Away – Tyrone Power Commands This Lifeboat

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Abandon Ship (1957) aka Seven Waves Away stars Tyrone Power in command of an overcrowded lifeboat forced to make decisions over who deserves to live or die.

One Way Passage (1932) Starring William Powell and Kay Francis

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One Way Passage (1932) focuses on a shipboard romance between the equally doomed William Powell and Kay Francis characters. Frank McHugh is also on the scene and never allows the movie to get too sentimental. Aline MacMahon shines as well.

Stage Struck (1936) Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell

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Busby Berkeley’s Stage Struck (1936) is a Warner Brothers musical missing the typical Berkeley flare. Starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell with Warren William it’s an at times bizarre movie that doesn’t measure up to earlier classics Berkeley worked on, but still entertaining at times providing a few laughs.