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Fans of the late actor-photographer created this fund with the goal of raising enough funds to install a tribute at the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery. To learn more or contribute to the fund, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/memorial-for-roddy-mcdowall . 

 

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January 2025 Vintage Icon, William Powell

William Powell's film career began in 1924 when he went to Paramount Pictures after being a New York stage actor since 1912. During his time at Paramount, he played in a number of films and began to attract attention with The Last Command (1928). Stardom finally came for Powell after his performance in The Canary Murder Case (1929) opposite Louise Brooks. Unlike many silent film stars whose careers came to a halt with the beginning of sound films, Powell's star continued to rise with no sign of slowing down.

 

In 1931, Powell left Paramount Pictures for Warner Bros, when he became disappointed with his roles. In 1934, he went to MGM and was paired for the first time with Myrna Loy in Manhattan Melodrama (1934). The team proved to be a hit; throughout their careers they made a total of 14 films together. That same year, Powell earned his first Academy Award nomination for playing detective Nick Charles, a role that made him famous opposite Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (1934). In 1936, Powell played the titular character in the Best Picture winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Powell would later reprise his role in Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Powell earned his second Academy Award nomination for My Man Godfrey (1937). Powell's career was at an all-time high until tragedy struck. Powell's fiancee and co-star Jean Harlow died while he was filming Double Wedding (1937). Her death greatly upset him and he took six weeks off from making the movie to grieve.

 

Following that films' completion, he didn't make an MGM film for a year before returning to work with The Baroness and the Butler (1938). That following year, he reprised his role as Nick Charles for the second installment of the Thin Man series, Another Thin Man (1939). Three more films followed; Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and the finale, Song of the Thin Man (1947). In 1947, he earned his third and final Academy Award nomination in Life with Father (1947). His future film appearances became less frequent, making only 9 more pictures including his final film Mister Roberts (1955). William Powell passed away from cardiac arrest on March 5, 1984 at the age of 91.

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