Dick Powell Movies

The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant...

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her...

A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter...

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave...

Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter,...

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his...

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

A couple of hard-drinking cardsharp drifters find themselves in the unlikely situation of having to play Cupid. A TV movie / episode of The Dick...

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back...

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets...