Dick Powell (1904 - 1963)

American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss.

* November 14, 1904 Mountain View, Arkansas, USA
 as Richard Ewing Powell
 January 2, 1963 West Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, June 1936
Photoplay, November 1932
Photoplay, February 1933

Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, March 1936
Photoplay, April 1936

Photoplay, April 1936
Photoplay, April 1936
Photoplay, April 1936

Photoplay, May 1936
Photoplay, May 1936
Photoplay, May 1936

Photoplay, May 1936
Mon Film, nr. 10, 2-10 1946

Books with substantial mentioning of Dick Powell

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell Encyclopedia of Film Noir Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Bad Boys Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Bad Boys, The Actors of Film Noir
Jefferson, NC and London, 2003

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on Dick Powell

Douglas Brode Shooting stars of the small screen Douglas Brode
Shooting stars of the small screen, Encyclopedia of TV Western actors, 1946-present
Austin, 2009

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Films

1932
Big City Blues
Too Busy to Work
Blessed Event

1933
42nd Street
Footlight Parade
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9
The King's Vacation
Gold Diggers of 1933
College Coach

1934
Flirtation Walk
Wonder Bar
Dames
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Happiness Ahead

1935
A Dream Comes True
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gold Diggers of 1935
Page Miss Glory
Broadway Gondolier
Shipmates Forever
Thanks a Million

1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
Colleen
Hearts Divided

1937
The Singing Marine
Varsity Show
On the Avenue

1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Hard to Get
Hollywood Hotel

1939
Going Places
Hollywood Hobbies
Naughty but Nice

1940
Christmas in July

1941
In the Navy

1942
Star-Spangled Rhythm

1943
True to Life
Riding High
Show-Business at War
Happy Go Lucky

1944
It Happened Tomorrow
Murder, My Sweet
Meet the People

1945
Cornered

1947
Johnny O'Clock

1948
Pitfall
To the Ends of the Earth
Station West
Rogues' Regiment

1950
Right Cross
The Reformer and the Redhead

1951
Cry Danger
You Never Can Tell
The Tall Target

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

1953
Split Second

1954
Susan Slept Here

1956
You Can't Run Away From It
The Conqueror

1957
The Enemy Below

1958
The Hunters

1965
The Love Goddesses

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1982
Inside the Third Reich

1995
The Celluloid Closet

2011
Vito

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