William Powell at Warner Bros.

When William Powell signed with Warner Bros., he did more than find a new studio home for his urbane sophistication - it was there he solidified himself as a leading man. Culled from the nine 1931-34 films Powell made at Warner, these four films variously draw on the star's renowned romantic, comic and sleuthing talents. The Road to Singapore (1931): The roving eye of boozing playboy Powell settles on a blonde (Doris Kenyon) disenchanted with her neglectful husband (Louis Calhern). High Pressure (1931): Powell's roguish wit is in high gear as he plays a garrulous promoter selling investors on a scheme to make ersatz rubber. Private Detective 62 (1933): Private eye Powell falls for the socialite (Margaret Lindsay) he's supposed to frame. The Key (1934): In volatile 1920 Dublin, British officer Powell sacrifices his freedom for the woman he loves (Edna Best) and her political-captive husband (Colin Clive).

Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actor: William Powell
Actor: Margaret Lindsay
Actor: Evelyn Brent
Actor: Doris Kenyon
Actor: Edna Best
Actor: Colin Clive
Actor: Marian Marsh
Actor: Ruth Donnelly
Actor: George Sidney
Actor: Louis Calhern
Actor: John Wray
Actor: Gordon Westcott
Actor: Arthur Hohl
Actor: Evalyn Knapp
Actor: Halliwell Hobbs
Actor: Lumsden Hare
Actor: Guy Kibbee
Actor: Natalie Moorhead
Actor: Donald Crisp
Actor: Frank McHugh
Actor: James Bell
Actor: J. M. Kerrigan
Actor: Tyrell Davis
Actor: A. E. Anson
Actor: Oscar Apfel
Actor: Hobart Cavanaugh
Actor: Henry O'Neill
Actor: Irving Bacon
Actor: Phil Regan
Actor: Ethel Griffies
Actor: Ben Alexander
Actor: Arthur Treacher
Actor: Arthur Clayton
Actor: Harold Waldridge
Actor: Arthur Byron
Actor: Sheila Terry
Actor: Charles Middleton
Actor: Douglas Gerrard
Actor: Maxine Doyle
Actor: Polly Walters
Actor: Colin Campbell
Actor: Theresa Harris
Actor: Arthur Aylesworth
Actor: Luis Alberni
Actor: Renee Whitney
Actor: Gertrude Short
Actor: Amar N. Sharma
Actor: Huspin Ansari
Actor: Dawn O'Day
Actor: Harry Beresford
Actor: Ann Hovey
Actor: Margaret Martin
Actor: Lucien Littlefield
Actor: Lew Kelly
Actor: Charles Judels
Actor: Harrington Reynolds
Actor: Dixie Loftin
Actor: Alison Skipworth
Actor: Olaf Hytten
Actor: David Thursby
Actor: Maurice Black
Actor: Robert Homans
Actor: Bobby Watson
Actor: Lilian Bond
Actor: Desmond Roberts
Actor: John Elliott
Actor: James May
Actor: Douglas Gordon
Actor: Mary McLaren
Actor: Pat Somerset
Actor: Wyndham Standing
Actor: Ralph Remley
Actor: Aggie Herring
Actor: Katherine Clare Ward
Actor: Charles Irwin
Actor: Lowin Cross
Actor: Edward Cooper
Actor: Luke Cosgrove