That whole early 30's/Warner Brothers/Busby Berkely/pre-code period was awesome.
What still cracks me up, is chirpy, nice-guy, Dick Powell, when we know that hard-boiled, tough-guy Dick Powell was lurking there all along. BUT considering that Warners already had Raft, Bogart, Robinson AND Cagney, it's just as well that Dick was able to tap dance his way through the 30's. (Of course Cagney was able to do both in the same era, but he still made his mark as the tough guy.)
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What still cracks me up, is chirpy, nice-guy, Dick Powell, when we know that hard-boiled, tough-guy Dick Powell was lurking there all along. BUT considering that Warners already had Raft, Bogart, Robinson AND Cagney, it's just as well that Dick was able to tap dance his way through the 30's. (Of course Cagney was able to do both in the same era, but he still made his mark as the tough guy.)