William Powell

Kay Francis. Kay Francis revisited: One of the brightest & most underrated Hollywood stars of the 1930s Kay Francis is the star of the day (April 9) on Turner Classic Movies, which is presenting 10 of her films. One of…

Rare movies: Director Allan Dwan, actor George O’Brien, cinematographer George Webber on the set of East Side West Side Are you a movie lover in Los Angeles, unable to travel either to Venice or Telluride? Don’t despair. L.A. has its…

Sal Mineo biopic actor Val Lauren. James Franco has cast Val Lauren in Sal, Franco’s planned biopic of two-time Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Sal Mineo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on Michael Gregg Michaud’s Sal Mineo: A Biography,…

Jean Harlow in Hollywood. One of MGM’s brightest stars of the 1930s, Jean Harlow died of uremic poisoning in 1937. At the time, the 26-year-old actress had been playing opposite Clark Gable in what turned out to be her last…

Top Gun movie remake or sequel? Tom Cruise as Maverick in Tony Scott’s 1986 blockbuster. Paramount Pictures, the studio that brought you (or your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents) Cecil B. DeMille epics, Billy Wilder comedies and dramas, The Godfather I-III,…

Film scholars consider the pre-Code 1932 comedy Trouble in Paradise to be the best work of actress Kay Francis. I disagree. Francis was good in everything she did – and if one particular performance could be named her best, that…

The Thin Man movies: Myrna Loy and William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home. ‘The Thin Man’ movies on DVD: William Powell & Myrna Loy The Thin Man movies, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles,…