Advertisement, Magazine - Dick Powell, "Cornered"
Object number2009.068.01
Date1945
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions13 15/16 x 10 in. (35.4 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionAdvertisement for the film "Cornered," starring Mountain View native Dick Powell. After appearing largely in musical films early in his career, "Cornered" helped reinvent Powell as a dramatic actor.Richard "Dick" Ewing Powell was a singer, actor, director, and producer who was born on November 14, 1904, in Mountain View (Stone County), Arkansas. Powell attended Little Rock College (now known as the University of Arkansas at Little Rock) before starting his entertainment career. Although initially his primary interest was in music, Powell got his big break after emceeing at movie houses and he was picked up by Warner Brothers. However, Powell found little success until his fifth film, "Forty Second Street." Powell went on to star in over 70 films and TV series. He directed five films and produced seven films and TV series. Powell also hosted the successful radio program "Hollywood Hotel" and the TV show "The Dick Powell Show." Powell died January 2, 1963, from cancer.
A black and white advertisement for the 1945 movie "Cornered," starring Arkansas native Dick Powell. The movie is a film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Adrian Scott. The ad shows Powell standing in front of a man and a woman while pointing a gun at an unseen person. Powell is wearing a dark suit with a loosened tie. There is a dark-haired woman in the bottom left corner holding a fan over her face. The fan has white writing on it that reads, "Dick Powell / "Cornered" / with Walter Slezak" and lists some movie credits in smaller print. The headline at the top of the ad reads, "The new Dick Powell's new great drama of Menace! / The Buenos Aires underground is the setting for this discharged Hero's avenging crusade... to find the fiend who murdered his wife, destroy him!
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