He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood. Production had to be stopped for several weeks on the film after powells girlfriend, jean harlow, died in june 1937. With rudy behlmer, carole lombard, myrna loy, leonard maltin. Also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Wallace beery and william powell were, and to a lesser extent films starring joan.
We get interviews with film historians rudy behlmer, leonard maltin, emily carman and powell archivist christian anderson who discuss what made the actor so popular and remembered today. William powell obituary caldwell, id idaho press tribune. A biography on the life of william powell narrated by michael york. A major star at metrogoldwynmayer, he was paired with myrna loy in 14 films.
A true gentleman, rudy behlmer, carole lombard, myrna loy, leonard maltin, william powell, michael york william powell. Meliess use of the viewpoint of the gentleman in the stalls, frank kessler com bines a. He did finally attract attention with the last command 1928. Asking real audience members what they think, as blumer, mayer, bar. For a more indepth and intelligently written read about powell, i highly recommend william powell. During that time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was elusive. Find films and movies featuring william powell on allmovie. While not a fullblown biography focusing as it does on his career, it comes very close and is infinitely more satisfying and more fully researched than franciscos work. In 1924 he went to paramount pictures, where he was employed for the next seven years. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates usa 2 august 2005.
William powell was on the new york stage by 1912, but it would be ten years before his film career would begin. A true gentleman 2005 out of 4 michael york narrates this 31minute documentary covering the life and career of william powell. A true gentleman narrator 2005 icon sir nigel irvine 2005 super robot monkey team hyperforce go. Alias nick and nora two documentary profiles william powell. The edge of the world 1937 feature video dailymotion. The letter ended for gods sake, gentlemen, let us get. Michael york narrates this 31minute documentary covering the life and career of william powell.
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