Lucille Powers

Acting

Lucille Powers

Born November 18, 1911 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Died September 11, 1981 · aged 69

Lucille Powers born in San Antonio, Texas in 1911. She made her film debut as Miss Witherspoon in the silent comedy/drama 'Three Weekends' directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Clara Bow for the Paramount Film Company in 1928. Later she starred in a handful of early talkies including her best known film 'Man to Man' co-starring Phillips Holmes and directed by Allan Dwan in 1930. A few y…

Known For

Three Week EndsThree Week Ends · 1928
Three Week Ends
7.01928
MovieComedyDrama
A sexy young nightclub singer sets her sights on a young man she believes to be a millionaire playboy, although he is in reality only an insurance agent.
Amateur DaddyAmateur Daddy · 1932
Amateur Daddy
10.01932
MovieDrama
Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.
Only YesterdayOnly Yesterday · 1933
Only Yesterday
7.11933
MovieDramaRomance
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
UntamedUntamed · 1929
Untamed
6.31929
MovieDrama
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.
At Twelve MidnightAt Twelve Midnight · 1933
At Twelve Midnight
5.71933
MovieMysteryCrime
A hero in a robbery comes up against a crime boss and the crooked guardian of the girl he loves
Man to ManMan to Man · 1930
Man to Man
6.21930
MovieDramaCrime
A young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a murder.
Marquis PreferredMarquis Preferred · 1929
Marquis Preferred
10.01929
MovieComedy
Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.
The Two Gun ManThe Two Gun Man · 1931
The Two Gun Man
7.01931
MovieWestern
Marshals Blackie and Joe, posing as two-gun men, hire on at Markham's ranch. They are after Tulliver and his gang of rustlers. But unknown to the two, Tulliver has planted Thorn on the ranch and he kills the foreman Riggs and puts the blame on Blackie.

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A Private ScandalA Private Scandal · 1931
A Private Scandal
5.81931
MovieAdventureCrime
There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristocracy, and a Count d'Alencourt is arrested on the basis of a long police record involving jewel thefts and later convicted. The story follows the activities of his accomplices who escape, led by Daniel Treve. Daniel and a gang-member hide out in a small Connecticut town, where Danny marries a local girl, Mary Gate, when her guardians try to railroad her in a reform school when she refuses to marry their son. She is the innocent means by which Danny gets the stolen jewels to New York. Danny tells her he only went through with the marriage to save her, and gives her money to live on until she can obtain a position. He them leaves New York determined to quit the rackets and make himself worthy of her. She then provides the way in which he can.

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