Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 20, 2013

Evelyn Prentice (Myrna Loy) adores her husband John (William Powell), but John is an attorney and often has to work long hours and travel for work.  Lately, he’s been hard at work defending Mrs. Harrison (Rosalind Russell) and Evelyn really misses spending time with her husband.  One night, sh   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on September 7, 2013

US / 79 minutes / bw / Cosmopolitan, MGM Dir: William K. Howard Pr: John W. Considine Jr. Scr: Lenore Coffee Story: Evelyn Prentice (1933) by W.E. Woodward Cine: Charles G. Clarke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel, Rosalind Russell, Isabel Jewell, Harvey Stephens, Edward Brophy, Henry Wads   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on July 31, 2013

A friend of mine watched the last 20 or so minutes of Evelyn Prentice with me, and only watching that brief snippet made him angry.  Try watching it for over an hour!  Evelyn Prentice is a soppy melodrama warning husbands that unless they love (and therefore spending every waking minute)...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 17, 2013

Evelyn Prentice Directed by William K. Howard 1934/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) First Viewing Lawrence Kennard: Then why are you here? Evelyn Prentice: There’s nothing safe with a man like you. Engaging “women’s picture”/courtroom drama.  John Prentice (William Powell) is   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 3, 2013

My single Black Friday 2012 purchase was the TCM Spotlight: Myrna Loy and William Powell boxed set from shop.tcm.com – I got it at a whopping 60% off! The set contains five films I hadn’t seen before (though I was, of course, a fan of both Loy and Powell from...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on July 7, 2012

Evelyn Prentice (1934). Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel and Rosalind Russell in her film debut. The third of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy. The movie was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by W. E. Woodward. Evelyn Prentice, is lonely for her...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on August 29, 2008

Evelyn Prentice only runs eighty minutes, but it goes on forever. At seventeen minutes alone, it’s getting tiring. The big problem is the lack of thoughtful approach. It’s constantly revealing big twists, twists to shock the audience, but they just end up detracting from the film’   read more