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Auction History Result 9j1546 WILLIAM POWELL/RICHARD BARTHELMESS 8x10.25 still 1932 Jewel Robbery & Cabin in the Cotton! Date Sold 8/3/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Still (Learn More) William Powell was an actor from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he was far from an overnight success. He became a stage actor when he was 20, and it would be 12 years before he went to Hollywood, and for the first seven years, he worked for Paramount Pictures, mostly playing villains! He became a star with The Canary Murder Case in 1929, which was made as a silent movie, but remade with sound, and it was Powell's wonderful voice that made him a star. In 1931, he switched to Warner Bros., and then in 1934 to MGM, where he became a top star, first with Myrna Loy in Manhattan Melodrama, and then with her again in The Thin Man the same year (he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this first film in the series). He had been married to Carole Lombard from 1931 to 1933 (and they made My Man Godfrey together, for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award), and he was also very memorable in his movies with Kay Francis, which included One Way Passage. In 1935, he made Reckless with Jean Harlow, and the two were engaged, but she became ill, passing away from kidney failure in 1937. Powell took a year off after her death, but returned to make many Thin Man sequels and other successful movies. In 1940, he married Diana Lewis after only knowing her for three weeks, and she was 27 years his junior, but their marriage lasted the rest of his life! As he aged, he seamlessly moved to older leading parts and character roles, including in Life With Father (for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award), Mister Roberts, and scores of others! He retired in 1955, and lived a quiet life until he passed away in 1984, at the age of 91. He lived a most remarkable life! AND Richard Barthelmess was an actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Some of his movies include: Noose (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Only Angels Have Wings, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, Way Down East, Patent Leather Kid (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Heroes for Sale, and Tol'able David. He passed away in 1963 at the age of 68. Important Added Info: Note that this great candid still shows Richard Barthelmess, who had just returned from the "fighting front in Shanghai", giving the "lowdown on China" to his pal William Powell on the set of Jewel Robbery, and Barthelmess was about to start filming Cabin in the Cotton. Condition: very good to fine. There are a few minor creases around the edges, but they are mostly only noticeable when the still is tilted to the light, and the still is otherwise in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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