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.…
My Man Godfrey: A Forgotten Man Gets His Chance
William Powell and Carole Lombard. Photo: Universal When William Powell, one of MGM’s top stars in the mid-1930s, read the script for My Man Godfrey, he knew that he would…
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…
Ziegfeld Follies
The king of Broadway, "the glorifier of the American girl", Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) is getting bored up in heaven and conjures one last, grand "Follies" show. Powell repeated his…