Mister Roberts (1955)
Comedy | Drama | War
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty.
Starring: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Libeled Lady (1936)
Comedy | Romance
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
Starring: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin
Director: Jack Conway
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
Drama | Mystery
A young Sherlock Holmes seeks to bring down the criminal mastermind Moriarty as he solves a crime involving a blackmailed prince.
Starring: John Barrymore, William Powell, Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Hedda Hopper, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Director: Albert Parker
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches…a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish. Predictable complications follow in rather tame fashion.
Starring: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Clinton Sundberg, Andrea King, Art Smith
Director: Irving Pichel
The Thin Man (1934)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
William Powell and Myrna Loy star as a husband-and-wife detective team who take on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
