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William Powell

July 29, 2019 By Cliff Aliperti

William Powell Trading Card

‘Shop by the Stars’ Immortal Ephemera Store aisle featuring William Powell (1892-1984) mini-biography, along with vintage movie collectibles for sale.

Filed Under: Store Mini-Bios Tagged With: William Powell

Manhattan Melodrama (1934) Starring Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy

April 29, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Clark Gable in Manhattan Melodrama

Famed for its part in leading to the end of outlaw John Dillinger’s life, and revered by movie buffs as the first of the William Powell-Myrna Loy team-ups, MGM’s Manhattan Melodrama is a solid underworld effort highlighted by a top performance from Clark Gable.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, Clark Gable, Gangsters, George Sidney, Isabel Jewell, Jimmy Butler, Leo Carrillo, MGM, Muriel Evans, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, Noel Madison, pre-Code, Shirley Ross, Thomas E. Jackson, W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell

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Manhattan Melodrama / The Thin Man / William Powell 1934 MGM Timeline

April 29, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

William Powell 1934 Ardath Who Is This

A look through several Jan-May 1934 Hollywood Reporter clippings to illustrate the intersecting timelines of Manhattan Melodrama, The Thin Man, and William Powell’s arrival at MGM.

Filed Under: Notes & Quotes, Research Tagged With: William Powell

William Powell Picto-Sked for TCM Summer Under the Stars 2014

August 9, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

The Thin Man 1934 newspaper ad

Picto-Sked returns to illustrate each of the fifteen William Powell movies showing during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars with vintage period newspaper advertisements posted under each title.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: picto-sked, suts 2014, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, William Powell

Brief Impressions: No Other Woman – Side Streets – Evelyn Prentice – Millionaires in Prison

March 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

William Powell and Myrna Loy 1935 Gallaher Famous Film Stars Tobacco Card

A quick peek at four movies I’ve watched recently: No Other Woman (1933); Side Streets and Evelyn Prentice (both 1934); and Millionaires in Prison (1940).

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, 1934, 1940, Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Charles Bickford, Eric Linden, Evelyn Prentice, gwili andre, Irene Dunne, Isabel Jewell, Lee Tracy, Millionaires in Prison, Myrna Loy, No Other Woman, Paul Kelly, Rosalind Russell, Side Streets, Warner Archive, William K. Howard, William Powell

William Powell TCM Star of the Month December 2011

November 29, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

William Powell and Diana Lewis Press Photo

The complete December 2011 TCM Star of the Month schedule for William Powell. Plus a vintage collectibles gallery and thoughts on Powell including what to watch.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: galleries, SOTM, Star of the Month, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, William Powell

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

November 28, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Kay Francis in Jewel Robbery

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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Alan Mowbray, Clarence Wilson, Crime, Darryl F Zanuck, Drugs, Hardie Albright, Helen Vinson, Henry Kolker, Kay Francis, Lee Kohlmar, pre-Code, Rating: 8/10, Romance, sex, Spencer Charters, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., William Dieterle, William Powell

One Way Passage (1932) – Glass Stems & Spoilers: The Final Minute

November 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

One Way Passage

A look at the final scene of One Way Passage (1932) starring William Powell and Kay Francis. How did those crossed glass stems get there anyway?

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Frederick Burton, Kay Francis, Romance, shipboard romance, spoilers, Tay Garnett, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., Warren Hymer, William Powell

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

November 8, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Kay Francis in One Way Passage

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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Frederick Burton, Kay Francis, Romance, shipboard romance, Tay Garnett, Warner Archive, Warner Bros., Warren Hymer, William Powell

Myrna Loy – The Only Good Girl in Hollywood vs. Being and Becoming

October 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 23 Comments

Myrna Loy’s 1987 autobiography Being and Becoming is an all-time favorite here. 2011 brings the first Myrna Loy biography since that time, Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood by Emily W. Leider. Here’s a look at both titles, side by side.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: autobiography, Being and Becoming, biography, book review, Clark Gable, emily w leider, james kotsilibas davis, Jean Harlow, movie book reviews, Myrna Loy, William Powell

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