The Great Ziegfeld

In the 1890s, Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) goes to San Francisco, hoping to have a career in show business; later in New York, he comes up with an unbeatable concept.…

Best Years of Our Lives: Coming Home

Myrna Loy and Fredric March. Photo: RKO The premiere of The Best Years of Our Lives seemed to hit America like a ton of bricks. Coming the year after the…

The Thin Man: Cocktails and a Mystery

Photo: MGM When William Powell arrived on his first day on the set of this film, he was going to shoot the scene where his character Nick Charles would be…