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posted by PT 100
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on February 15, 2017 at 7:32 PM

The movie was originally titled "Farewell, My Lovely", but audiences figured, based on the title, that it would be just another light (probably musical) Dick Powell romantic comedy vehicle. So they changed the title to make the genre clearer. The rest is history, as this helped to free Powell from the frothy roles and got him into dramatic films, noir, etc., thus completely revitalizing his career and changing his image.

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on December 8, 2017 at 5:52 PM

@VinTinKin said:

Right, Dick Powell is very good in "Murder, My Sweet" and subsequent Noir, and also his innovative television productions.

But yet, there are some good Dick Powell Musicals, especially those with Joan Blondell, Ginger Rogers or Ann Dvorak (when WB loaned Miss Dvorak and him over to 20th).

Yeah, I guess I'm just not into musicals as a genre, especially the older ones. I have a few that I do like, but they're more modern, such as An American in Paris, Oklahoma, etc.

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