Talk:Dick Powell/Archive 1

Stop acting
The filmography seems to indicate that he stopped acting after 1954. Did he ? If so - why ? -- Beardo 14:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Norman
According to the article on Joan Blondell Norman was the son of her first husband. I take it then that he was adopted by Dick Powell? Mzellers 18:15, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Dick Powell Show
Shouldn't there be a mention of the 1962-1963 eponymous TV show (aka The Dick Powell Theatre)? It was a very successful one, with both critics and audience. The Gnome 11:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

B Movie Producer-Director?§
The main page lists Powell as having been a B movie producer-director in the 50s. Indeed, he produced and directed a few feature films during that period but not a one of them was a B. This is an error, minor but worth noting. Two of the better remembered movies Powell directed were filmed on major budgets and in color: The Conqueror and The Enemy Below. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telegonus (talk • contribs) 07:34, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Farewell my Lovely
This famous film noir from the book by Raymond Chandler has been overlooked in the stated Film history of Dick Powell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.32.109.221 (talk) 12:23, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

I thought it was the movie Split Second that was speculated to be the cause of the cancers.24.12.123.74 (talk) 16:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Dick Powell, Ohio Theatre, Indianapolis
Beginning in 1924, Dick Powell's stint as vocalist with Charlie Davis and his orchestra began at the Ohio Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana (Charlie Davis and his orchestra began performing at the Ohio in February, 1924). Dick played the Ohio with Davis until 1926 when he left and tried his hand at vaudeville. Source--The Golden Age Of Indianapolis Theaters, Howard Caldwell, ©2010, pgs. 102, 104. David Sechrest, Historic Columbus Indiana 18:02, 4 December 2014 (UTC)David Sechrest — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Sechrest (talk • contribs)

POV
This guy smoked cigarettes like a coal fired generation plant from the 1950's, this theory of how he died is POV. WikiDon 22:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Same is true of John Wayne, who by many reports smoked 3 packs per day and tossed in a fifth of alcohol as part of his fitness regimen. Suggesting atomic testing as a cause avoids the main issue -- self-inflicted tobacco use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.20.187 (talk) 21:41, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Cause of Death 1) Smoking or 2) The Conqueror
Okay, for the fun of it, I decided to test a theory. I picked another popular movie at random from about the same time period as The Conqueror, I picked the The Caine Mutiny. Of the 42 actors listed in the credits at IMDb for The Caine Mutiny, it only list the cause of death (or that have died) for 15 of them. Of those 15, 8 died of cancer, 1 of a brain tumor, and 1 of leukemia. That is 53% outright of cancer, and 66.7% of cancer related diseases.


 * The Caine Mutiny (died of cancer related diseases):
 * Humphrey Bogart
 * José Ferrer
 * Tom Tully
 * E.G. Marshall
 * Warner Anderson
 * Claude Akins
 * Jerry Paris
 * Steve Brodie
 * Don Dubbins
 * Todd Karns
 * Tyler McVey


 * Filming Locations for The Caine Mutiny (1954):
 * Los Angeles, California, USA
 * Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, USA
 * Pearl Harbor, O`ahu, Hawaii, USA
 * Yosemite National Park, California, USA

I suppose Yosemite gave those people cancer?

WikiDon 23:43, 6 September 2005 (UTC)


 * 15 is a tiny sample, and to be honest I'm wondering if you're picking and choosing just to make a point since you didn't even include the much larger crew. I think you'll find that with the Caine Mutiny (as with most movies) the percentage of cast and crew combined who had cancer is about the same as the national average. With the Conqueror, it's twice or three times the national average. Whether that has to do with working a few miles downwind from a NUCLEAR TEST SITE *and* having sand from the site imported to California for on-set shooting is debatable, I suppose, especially if you desperately want to not believe in what most epidemiologists do. Picking a small percentage of those involved in a movie and looking only at them is poor science.


 * Most movie crews are larger than the IMDb listings and can include up to 500 people. That's a good sample, not 15. -- Charlene 04:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The The Conqueror site says 46 deaths and 91 incidences of cancer in a pool of 220, in the 1980s. The American Cancer Society says the in 2000 the rates for incidence and death by cancer is 43 and 23% respectively. SkoreKeep (talk) 02:16, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Dick Powell Movie - To the Ends of the Earth"
The Dick Powell Movie - To the Ends of the Earth" (1948) has nothing to do with the William Golding novel of the same name, published in 1980. This link should be removed.  The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) has the correct description of this movie.  It's a good film noir movie about the opium trade with a "dragon-lady" like anti-heorine and I believe it was set in Hong Kong and Macao.  I have vague recollections of seeing this movie on TV as a kid and it's always been one of my favorites.  Near the end one of the English villians intentionally swallows bamboo slivers that perforate his intestines and cause internal bleeding.

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