Grade: C
Synopsis: A woman (Ann Harding) tricks her playboy husband (William Powell) into marriage, then tries to make him really love her.
Double Harness is an enjoyable enough comedy drama, buoyed by a strong performance from William Powell, and a workable supporting cast.
Powell is a joy to watch as he carries the film with his polished urbane charm. Here, he’s just one year removed from the one-two punch of Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and The Thin Main (1934), that would cement his star status, and it shows. MORE »
Posted 656 days ago in Movie Reviews and William Powell. No responses
Grade: D+
Synopsis: A man (William Powell) feigns insanity in order to postpone his wife’s (Myrna Loy) petition for divorce after a disastrous forth anniversary.
Love Crazy is a disappointing, overlong mish-mash that wastes the talents of its two lead, William Powell and Myrna Loy.
The film starts as a light romantic comedy, before degrading into screwball humor with some poor physical gags, only to segue into a pseudo drama before veering back into screwball territory. The script, credited to three writers, is neither witty, nor tight enough to make this work, and were it not for the presence of Powell, the film would be complete disaster. MORE »
Posted 707 days ago in Movie Reviews and William Powell. No responses
Grade: D
Synopsis: An astronomer (William Powell) discovers his wife (Hedy Lamarr) plans to leave him for an air-raid warden (James Craig) because her astrologist told her it was destined to happen.
The Heavenly Body marked another pairing of William Powell and Hedy Lamarr. The two had previously teamed for Powell’s previous film, Crossroads (1942). This time around, Lamarr has a much bigger role, with disastrous results. MORE »
Posted 729 days ago in Movie Reviews and William Powell. No responses
Grade: D+
Synopsis: A man and woman (Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor) blackmail a diplomat (William Powell) for a crime he may have committed but can’t remember.
Crossroads is a glossy middle-of-the-road mystery with an all-star cast that doesn’t live up to its potential.
The plot concerns a diplomat, played by William Powell, who finds himself blackmailed by a pair of shady dealers, played by Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor, for a crime he may or may not have committed years before. See, Powell has amnesia and can’t remember anything about his life prior to a few years back. It’s an interesting premise, but it’s executed very poorly. MORE »
Posted 749 days ago in Movie Reviews and William Powell. No responses
Grade: C-
Synopsis: Jewel thieves (Joan Crawford and William Powell) pose as a socialite and a butler in order to stage a robbery.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is an uneven, uninspired comedy-drama that never realizes its potential.
The problems started before production even began. Myrna Loy was originally slotted to star in the titular role, but when Joan Crawford refused to do Parnell (1937), their roles were switched. This would prove to be a problem, as Crawford and Powell have next to no chemistry, which, in turn, undermines one of the story’s dramatic sub-plots involving a love triangle between Crawford, Powell, and Robert Montgomery’s characters. MORE »
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