Hearts Divided *** (1936, Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Claude Rains, Charles Ruggles, Arthur Treacher, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Stephenson) – Classic Movie Review 3448

Dick Powell plays Napoleon’s younger brother Captain Jerome Bonaparte. But it is Marion Davies as Betsy Patterson, a Baltimore woman he loves and marries, who stars in the well-made 1936 film Hearts Divided Dick Powell […]

42nd Street ***** (1933, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 3057

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1933 movie virtually created, certainly established for all time the clichés of the backstage musical genre. Despite its great, venerable age, 42nd Street is still faster, funnier and brighter – and simply just […]

The Bad and the Beautiful ***** (1952, Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 2363

Pitfall **** (1948, Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt) – Classic Movie Review 2167

Co-writer/director André de Toth’s impressive 1948 film noir crime thriller Pitfall pairs Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott, both in their prime, along with Jane Wyatt and Raymond Burr. It is based on the novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler. […]

Dames ***** (1934, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert) – Classic Movie Review 951

Director Ray Enright’s 1934 movie takes its place triumphantly, high among Warner Bros’ series of great 30s musicals, and also as one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. It’s most memorable for the […]

Farewell, My Lovely [Murder, My Sweet] ***** (1944, Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley) – Classic Movie Review 739

‘A Sensational Triumph for the NEW Dick Powell.’ Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1944 American film noir Farewell, My Lovely [Murder, My Sweet] stars Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley in her final film before she […]