William Powell

In 1880s New York, a curmudgeonly stockbroker demands the strictest order in his household. But his wife and four sons have demands of their own.

William Powell and Myrna Loy star in a screwball romantic comedy about a small town businessman who recovers from a years-old case of amnesia, remembers his former of life as a con man ... and realizes that his town--and his wife--are perfect marks for a swindle. Alone on a cruise, Larry Wilson (Powell--The Thin Man films) knocks his head. He returns home as his former self, George Carey, now ...

Una señorita de la crema y nata de la sociedad contrata al vagabundo que se encontró en el basurero municipal como mayordomo de su excéntrica familia.

Philo Vance—the impeccably dressed and discerning detective—investigates a baffling death at a dog show involving a competitor with a slew of enemies.

Caught in Paris, a fashion thief and his helpers put on a show.

A dancer disappears from a theather and then William Powell and society beauty Ginger Rogers solve the murder.

Bitterness, affairs, rumors, and deceit offer amateur sleuth Philo Vance clues-a-plenty when members of a wealthy family get picked off one by one.

Intrigue, plot twists and romantic jealousy drive this riveting WWI thriller starring Powell as a decoding expert assigned to office work instead of the combat role he longed to play.

The author of an infamous how-to book on explosives faces his legacy as a now-65-year-old man who wrote the book at 19 in an era of cultural unrest.

William Powell and Myrna Loy star in this romantic comedy as a married couple whose relation goes terribly wrong when a mother-in-law's visit drives the pair Love Crazy. Everything seems perfect for Susan and Stephen Ireland (Loy and Powel -- The Thin Man films) until Susan's mother (Florence Bates) stays for an extended visit. Now, a mother-in-law's misunderstanding of Stephen's call on a form...

When a crooked stockbroker is killed at his country estate, amateur sleuth Philo Vance must wade through a motley band of suspects to find whodunnit.

When a blackmailing nightclub singer is murdered, the investigating detective must uncover her killer among the numerous suspects she had exploited.

William Powell and Kay Francis share more than a love of jewelry in this sparkling pre-Code romantic comedy directed with a Lubitsch-like touch by William Dierterle.

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury, of being a home-wrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, must find a way to turn the tables on her.

Jean Harlow stars as an ambitious showgirl loved by two very different men in the dramatic musical Reckless. Theatrical promoter Bob Harrison (Franchot Tone) loves Mona (Harlow), but he cannot compete with wealthy socialite Ned Riley (William Powell) when Riley buys every seat in the theater to be able to watch Mona's performance alone. Ned and Mona wed, but Ned's family rejects Mona as a shameless gold digger. Torn between his family's rejection and his love for Mona, Ned commits suicide--leaving Mona to put her life and career back together. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern, Jack King and Burton Lane.

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

A hypochondriac heiress visits the sanitarium she's inherited, not realizing it's now a front for bootleggers and a hideout for criminals on the run.

Branded a coward by friends and his fiancée after quitting the army, Harry vows to reclaim his honor on a risky undercover mission in the Sudan.