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  • My Man Godfrey
  • My Man Godfrey review by from swansea, wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars this never gets old! 24 April 2005
    ...William Powell. carol lombard. names that conjure memories of an age better and more decent than our own. This is a comedy from the thirties that I remember from my childhood...   Read customer review
  • Life with Father
  • Life with Father review by from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Terrible sound 4 February 2005
    ...h is a shame because it's probably very good and only one of very few available William Powell films... ...   Read customer review
  • The Thin Man Collection
  • The Thin Man Collection review by from Canterbury, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Dry Martini Is Shaken to Waltz Time 6 November 2004
    ...ini and Rossi'. A martini is pure gin with perhaps a little vermouth. We find William Powell's character teaching New York bartenders how to shake a martini before the plot...   Read customer review

William Powell - filmography


  • Life with Father
  • Life with Father on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Elizabeth Taylor,  Jimmy Lydon,  Edmund Gwenn
    Director: Michael Curtiz
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Based on Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse's Broadway play, this 1947 comedy looks at family life in New York City during the 1880's. The story follows the life of Clarence Day (William Powell), his wife Vinnie (Irene Dunne) and their eldest son's (James Lydon) romance with Mary (Elizabeth Taylor).
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 224 members
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  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • The Great Ziegfeld on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Fanny Brice,  Frank Morgan,  William Powell
    Director: Robert Z. Leonard
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In MGM's three-hour-plus The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell stars as the titular theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for legendary strongman Sandow (Nat Pendleton). With nary a penny in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held (Luise Rainer)..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 371 members
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  • My Man Godfrey
  • My Man Godfrey on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Carole Lombard,  Mischa Auer,  Jean Dixon
    Director: Gregory La Cava
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    A screwball comedy which starts with two Park Avenue brats on a scavenger hunt looking for a forgotten man. One of the sisters (Carole Lombard) convinces a down and out (William Powell) to come back to the party with her. He later becomes the family butler, and proves to be much more than the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 975 members
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  • The Kennel Murder Case
  • The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
    Starring: William Powell,  Mary Astor
    Director: Michael Curtiz
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Archer Coe has been found dead in his locked bedroom. The cops consider it suicide, but Philo believes otherwise and must prove how a man could have been murdered in a locked room.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 16 members
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William Powell facts

5 most recent films

Life with Father - 3.0 stars
Ziegfeld Follies - 3.0 stars
The Great Ziegfeld - 3.0 stars
My Man Godfrey - 3.5 stars
The Kennel Murder Case - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

My Man Godfrey - 3.5 stars
The Thin Man Collection - 3.5 stars
The Great Ziegfeld - 3.0 stars
Life with Father - 3.0 stars
Ziegfeld Follies - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Kennel Murder Case - 2.5 stars
Ziegfeld Follies - 3.0 stars
Life with Father - 3.0 stars
The Great Ziegfeld - 3.0 stars
The Thin Man Collection - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Myrna Loy - 4 times - show films
Zasu Pitts - 2 times - show films
Carole Lombard - 2 times - show films
Mischa Auer - 2 times - show films
Elizabeth Taylor - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Curtiz - 3 times - show films
W.S. Van Dyke - 3 times - show films
Gregory La Cava - 2 times - show films
George Sidney - 1 times - show films
Joseph Barbera - 1 times - show films

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