Kay Francis

Oct 28, 2023 | reelfilm.com | David Nusair |Kay Francis |William Powell

Directed by Tay Garnett, One Way Passage follows William Powell’s Dan Hardesty and Kay Francis’ Joan Ames as they find themselves falling for one another aboard an ocean liner – with their coupling complicated by his imminent jailing and her terminal illness.

Apr 20, 2023 | reelfilm.com | David Nusair |Kay Francis |William Dieterle |William Powell

Directed by William Dieterle, Jewel Robbery follows a bored society wife (Kay Francis’ Teri) as she slowly-but-surely finds herself falling for a suave burglar (William Powell). Filmmaker Dieterle delivers an erratically-paced yet mostly watchable comedy that benefits from the affable efforts of its two stars, as both Francis and Powell turn in personable work that goes a long way towards smoothing over the thin narrative’s bumps and lulls.