Dick Powell

The life of a married insurance adjuster and family man spirals out of control when he falls for a seductress while her boyfriend is serving time.

An ambitious reporter can't believe his good fortune when he happens upon a newspaper predicting tomorrow's news—until he reads his own obituary.

A debonair but crooked casino operator finds himself precariously straddling both sides of the law while juggling women and a murder investigation.

Detective Philip Marlowe takes a job looking for Moose Malloy's girlfriend Velma. Malloy's a petty criminal just released after a seven-year prison sentence, and Velma hasn't been seen for six years. But a simple missing-person case becomes much more twisted than Marlowe ever anticipated as clues lead to a complex web of deceit, bribery, perjury and theft where no one's motivation is clear, least of all Marlowe's.

A Western mining town ... a fortune in gold ... a beautiful lady crime boss ... and the undercover investigator sent to flush her out.

A treasury agent tracks down an international group of fanatics whose aim is to take over the world through large-scale infiltration of dope.

During the Christmas holiday, a screenwriter takes in a runaway girl to help in his research on juvenile delinquents. But his subject turns out to be more woman than he bargained for!

What's a chorine to do after her show flops? Become a gold digger! The cuties do so en masse as the Gold Diggers of 1937, kicking Depression Era blues in the keester. Dick Powell plays an insurance agent with musical ambitions, Joan Blondell is a showgirl who gives up spangles for a stenographer's pad and … well, who watches any Diggers for its plot? Instead, watch as dance creator Busby Berkeley turns a garden party into a tap-happy romp. Blondell leads leggy soldiers in a banner-waving, precision-formation "All's Fair in Love and War" spectacle that's Berkeley at his showy best as Powell croons a lullaby, "With Plenty of Money and You." In short, there are plenty of reasons to watch again and again.

If you love music, check into Hollywood Hotel. The story's about a filmland newbie (Dick Powell) caught between a spoiled star (Lola Lane) and her likeable look-alike (Lola's look-alike sister Rosemary Lane). But the movie's about Busby Berkeley's ace direction – and music, music, music. The film opens with the jubilant debut of Tinseltown's unofficial anthem Hooray for Hollywood. The jaunty Let That Be a Lesson to You shows off Berkeley's snazzy-jazzy mastery of editing and camera angles. And Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – including Harry James on trumpet and Gene Krupa on drums – swing, swing, swing into Sing, Sing, Sing. Hooray for Hollywood Hotel!

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show in this amusing and entertaining musical starring Joan Blondell and Dick.

A Broadway director faces cutthroat competition and other complications as he transitions to producing musical numbers for the new talking pictures.

Academy Award-winner Kirk Douglas ("Lust for Life," "Gunfight at O.K. Corral") stars in this drama about the life of an ambitious Hollywood producer, as seen through the eyes of a writer, a director, and an actress.

Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.