Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon
Lots of Irving Berlin songs add to this major production that won an Academy Award for its musical score. The story follows Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) from his classical music training in San Francisco in 1915 through his shift to ragtime and the fortunes of the band he starts. Of course, there is the romantic interest with his lead singer (Alice Faye) and the rival (Don Ameche). The film also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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The Black Rose 1950  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie, Herbert Lom, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Harvey, Robert Blake
Set in the 1200s following a Saxon revolt, this is the story of Walter of Gurnie's (Tyrone Power) flight into China where he experiences adventure and gains great knowledge.
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The Black Swan 1942  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, George Zucco, Edward Ashley, Fortunio Bonanova, Charles McNaughton
Ex-pirate James Waring (Tyrone Power) rescues the beautiful damsel in distress, Margaret Denby (Maureen O'Hara), in this good tale of a bygone era. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. 1 User Review
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| | Loved this movie!!! | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | It wasn't that cheesey or campy, I didn't think. I really loved it. For me, it's a classic swashbuckler. I'm happy! :) |
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Blood and Sand 1941 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Anthony Quinn, Alla Nazimova, J. Carrol Naish, George Reeves, John Carradine, Pedro de Cordoba, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, Monty Banks, Vincente Gomez, Fortunio Bonanova, Victor Kilian
In this remake of the 1922 film, popular Spanish bullfighter Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) finds his performances lack their previous daring now that he is in the middle of an affair with the beautiful Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth). In an effort to regain the love of his wife, Carmen (Linda Darnell), and to regain lost popularity, Juan Gallardo makes the fateful decision to fight just one more bull.
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Brigham Young 1940 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Mary Astor, Vincent Price, Marc Lawrence, Jane Darwell, Jean Rogers
Scorned by citizens of Missouri and Illinois, Brigham Young (Dean Jagger) leads his fellow Mormons westward to Utah. This is the story of The Church of the Latter Day Saints as its members followed their beliefs to success following adversity.
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Cafe Metropole 1937  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Charles Winninger, Helen Westley, Christian Rub, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Georges Renavent, Leonid Kinskey, Hal K. Dawson, Louis Mercier, Gino Corrado, Jules Raucourt, Paul Porcasi
Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) owns the Cafe Metropole, but he faces a prison term if he does not replace the money he has embezzled from the cafe. He thinks he has the money when he wins at the casino, and playboy Alexander Brown (Tyrone Power) gives him a check, but the check bounces. Now, Victor forces Alexander to pretend to be a Russian prince, "Alexis Penayev," and woo a wealthy American, Laura Ridgeway (Loretta Young), so that they can use her money to pay off the debt. The courtship begins, Alexis and Laura fall in love, and then the real prince (Gregory Ratoff) makes himself known. Has Victor taken on more than he can handle?
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Captain from Castile 1947 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Barbara Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jay Silverheels
Set in the 15th century, this beautifully photographed film is about Spanish nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) who sails for the New World with Hernando Cortez (Cesar Romero).
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Crash Dive 1943 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty, Harry Morgan, Ben Carter, Charles Tannen, Frank Conroy, Florence Lake, John Archer, George Holmes
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this submarine/love story involves the captain (Dewey Connors) of the U.S.S. Corsair; his executive officer, Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power); and the woman, Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter), who they both love. Tensions rise after the submarine arrives in New London, and Stewart learns that Connors is already engaged to Jean. Although the two must work together, when the submarine is ordered back to sea to take part in a secret mission, tensions reach new heights over both the war effort and Jean.
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Diplomatic Courier 1952 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Karl Malden, Hildegarde Neff, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Michael Ansara, James Millican, Stefan Schnabel
During a train ride from Salzburg to Trieste, the Cold War heats up as an American agent (Tyrone Power) seeks revenge over his friend's death and determines to get the KGB agents who were responsible. Look for Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, and Michael Ansara in small roles.
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The Eddy Duchin Story 1956 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw, James Whitmore, Rex Thompson, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort, Gloria Holden, Larry Keating, Mickey Maga
Pianist/bandleader Eddy Duchin led a short, but active, life. This biography stars Tyrone Power as Eddy and includes many songs from the era. Have plenty of hankies on hand. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Score and Best Story.
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Girls' Dormitory 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, Simone Simon, Constance Collier, J. Edward Bromberg, Dixie Dunbar, John Qualen, Shirley Deane, Tyrone Power, Frank Reicher, George Hassell, Lynne Berkeley, June Storey, Christian Rub, Rita Gould
Marie (Simone Simon) is a student at a Swiss finishing school who falls in love with headmaster Dr. Stephen Dominik (Herbert Marshall). Marie writes a love letter, and Professor Anna Mathe (Ruth Chatterton) finds it in the trash and shows it to Stephen. When confronted with the letter, Marie tells Anna that it was written to an imaginary lover. Anna has been secretly in love with Stephen for years, and many problems lie ahead before Stephen marries. By story's end, will he marry Anna or Marie?
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In Old Chicago 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Berton Churchill
Alice Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. O'Leary in this story about the great Chicago fire. The film also received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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I'll Never Forget You 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
aka: The House in the Square
Man of Two Worlds
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Huntley, Irene Browne, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Denton, Robert Atkins, Peter Drury
American nuclear physicist Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is working in England and living in an 18th-century mansion he inherited from an ancestor. One rainy evening, Peter is strolling in the neighborhood when he is hit by lightening. He awakens transported back into the 18th century and is now his own ancestor. While "living" in the past, he meets and falls in love with his cousin Helen (Ann Blyth) and uses his scientific knowledge to help improve 18th-century living conditions. Another thunderstorm shoots Peter back to the 20th century, and he learns from old, family documents that Helen had died before ever marrying. Now his friend Roger (Michael Rennie) introduces him to his sister Martha (also played by Ann Blyth) who looks just like Helen, and Peter and Martha instantly fall in love. This film begins in black and white, and then switches to color when Peter awakens in the 18th century.
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 Jesse James 1939 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Hull, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek
Ruthless Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and his brother, Frank (Henry Fonda), seek revenge through bank robberies after the Midland Railroad fought for their family land. Fonda returns in a sequel: "The Return of Frank James."
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Johnny Apollo 1940 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill, Marc Lawrence, Jonathan Hale, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Rosenthal, Charles(2) Lane, Selmer Jackson, Charles Trowbridge, John Hamilton
Robert Cain Sr. (Edward Arnold) is a wealthy broker who is convicted of embezzlement and sent to jail. His upstanding son, Bob (Tyrone Power), is ashamed of his father and changes his name. After relenting, Bob decides to try to get his father released, but that takes money and means working for mobster Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan). Bob uses the alias of "Johnny Apollo" and hooks up with Mickey, but both end up in the same jail as Bob's father. All the problems get worked out, and Bob even wins the heart of Mickey's daughter Lucky Dubarry (Dorothy Lamour).
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King of the Khyber Rifles 1953 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe, Richard Stapley, Murray Matheson, Frank DeKova, Argentina Brunetti, Frank Lackteen
An early CinemaScope film, this remake of "The Black Watch" is an enjoyable adventure ride. Captain Alan King (Tyrone Power) is a half-caste who leads a supply group to a British outpost in India. Tribal attacks, the proverbial love affair with the daughter (Terry Moore) of the outpost commander (Michael Rennie), and racial undertones all contribute to the story.
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The Long Gray Line 1955 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone, Martin Milner, Robert Francis, Philip Carey, William Leslie, Sean McClory
For 50 years, Irish coach Martin Maher (Tyrone Power) worked for, encouraged, and loved West Point's cadets from his vantage point in the athletic department. This is Maher's personal story interwoven with those of special cadets he coached over the years.
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Love Is News 1937 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville, Dudley Digges, Walter Catlett, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, Stepin Fetchit, Elisha Cook Jr., Pauline Moore, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Williams, Julius Tannen, Frank Conroy
Steve Layton (Tyrone Power) is a tenacious reporter who writes a story about an heiress, Tony Gateson (Loretta Young), after tricking her into an interview. Tony is upset when she reads his article and sets out to get even. First, she announces their engagement to put Steve in the spotlight and see how it feels. And more misadventures ensue in their love/hate relationship. This film was remade as "That Wonderful Urge," also starring Tyrone Power.
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The Luck of the Irish 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb, James Todd, Jayne Meadows, J.M. Kerrigan, Phil Brown, Charles Irwin, Louise Lorimer, Don Brodie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Norman Leavitt, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Neumann
American newsman Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) is visiting Ireland when he meets a leprechaun, Horace (Cecil Kellaway), and later confronts him with his pot of gold. After Stephen tells the leprechaun that he will not take his gold, the leprechaun is obligated to return the favor. The leprechaun follows Stephen back to New York and tries to clear the way for a romance with sweet Irish colleen Nora (Anne Baxter) who Stephen had met in Ireland. But, Stephen is now seeing the daughter, Frances (Jayne Meadows), of his corrupt boss, D.C. Augur (Lee J. Cobb). When Nora visits New York and sees Stephen and Frances together, she returns to Ireland. With the leprechaun's guidance, Stephen denounces Auger, quits his job, and leaves for Ireland to find Nora.
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Marie Antoinette 1938 N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George, Henry Stephenson, Reginald Gardiner, Cora Witherspoon
Set in pre-revolutionary France, MGM spared nothing on its opulent sets, French antiques, and expensive costumes in presenting this story of the doomed Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) who became Queen of France just as it became a "crumbling" empire.
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 The Mark of Zorro 1940  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Western / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, Eugene Pallette, Montagu Love, George Regas, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery, Chris-Pin Martin, Bell Mitchell, Eugene Borden, Frank Puglia, John Bleifer
Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) is an aristocrat who returns to California in the early 1800s and fights the injustice of dictator Don Luis Quintero (J. Edward Bromberg) and his henchman Capt. Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) who are now ruling the district after displacing Don Diego's father Don Alejandro (Montagu Love) as governor. Don Diego is in love with Quintero's niece, Lolita (Linda Darnell), but he dons his mask and becomes Zorro, fighting against Quintero's corruption and leaving his mark as he battles for justice. Lots of fun and adventure.
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Nightmare Alley 1947 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Roy Roberts, James Flavin, Julia Dean
The life of carnival barker Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power) takes a downward spiral when he becomes involved with mind-reader Zeena (Joan Blondell) and subsequent blackmailing.
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Prince of Foxes 1949 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane, Katina Paxinou, Felix Aylmer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leslie Bradley, Eugene Deckers
Orsini (Tyrone Power) is sent by Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) to win the affection of Camilla (Wanda Hendrix) in this beautifully costumed and artistically photographed epic story.
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The Rains Came 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, Joseph Schildkraut, Jane Darwell, Henry Travers, Laura Hope Crews, Maria Ouspenskaya
Lady Edwina Esketh (Myrna Loy) falls in love with an Indian doctor, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power), while her husband serves his tour of duty in India for the British government. This film was remade in 1955 as "The Rains of Ranchipur."
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Rawhide 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Desperate Siege
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Jeff Corey, Kenneth Tobey, James Millican
This Western remake of 1935's "Show Them No Mercy!" is about Tom Owens (Tyrone Power) and Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward) who are held captive by outlaws who have taken over the stagecoach depot.
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The Razor's Edge 1946 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Herbert Marshall, Anne Baxter, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, Elsa Lanchester, Fritz Kortner
This is the earlier, and better, version of Somerset Maugham's philosophical novel about a young man (Tyrone Power) returning from the war as a hero and trying to find meaning in his life. Of him, Herbert Marshall says: "You see, my dear, goodness is after all the greatest force in the world, and he's got it." Anne Baxter collected an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. There were also nominations for Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Clifton Webb).
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The Rising of the Moon 1957 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Jimmy O'Dea, Frank Lawton, Jack MacGowran, J.G. Devlin, Denis O'Dea, Donal Donnelly, Harold Goldblatt, Maureen Connell, Edward Lexy, Tony Quinn
The famous Abbey Players perform a trilogy of episodes: "Majesty of the Law," "A Minute's Wait," and "1921." 1 User Review
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| | 04/29/2009 | | A MUST SEE movie. Directed by John Ford, Irish cast, filmed in Ireland. Many of the same actors and sets as in The Quiet Man. I think this is the better of the two movies. |
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Second Fiddle 1939 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles(2) Lane, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal
Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is looking for an unknown actress to star in a big film and finds Minnesota teacher Trudi (skating star Sonja Henie). He brings Trudi to Hollywood, and Jimmy manufactures a romance between Trudi and her leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). Amusing twists and turns ensue, ending when it turns out that Jimmy is the one who really does love Trudi who, by now, has become a big star.
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Second Honeymoon 1937 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Weaver, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Paul Hurst, Jayne Regan, Mary Treen, Hal K. Dawson, William Wagner, Robert Kellard, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Tannen
Irresponsible playboy Raoul McLish (Tyrone Power) was Vicki's (Loretta Young) first husband, but that marriage has ended in divorce, and Vickie is married now to hardworking businessman Bob Benton (Lyle Talbot). While vacationing in Florida, Vicki runs into Raoul, and when Bob needs to return to New York on business, Raoul and Vicki get together. After a series of mix-ups, Bob ends up out of Vicki's life, and she and Raoul plan to marry again and live happily ever after.
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Seven Waves Away 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Abandon Ship!
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, James Hayter, Marie Lohr, Moultrie Kelsall, Noel Willman, Victor Maddern, Finlay Currie, John Stratton
Following the sinking of his luxury liner, a ship's officer (Tyrone Power) is in charge of a life raft and is faced with making decisions about who should be given the chance for survival.
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer, Roddy McDowall, Kay Johnson, John Carradine, Elsa Lanchester, Harry Davenport, Dudley Digges, Halliwell Hobbes, Marten Lamont, Arthur Hohl, Pedro de Cordoba, Heather Thatcher
In England during the reign of George III, an orphaned heir to a dukedom, Benjamin (Roddy McDowall), is being raised by his abusive uncle, Arthur Blake (George Sanders), who uses Benjamin as a bonded servant. Ten years later, Ben (now played by Tyrone Power) rebels and eventually sets sail for South America. Aboard ship, Ben meets a sailor, Caleb Green (John Carradine), and, together, they amass a fortune diving for pearls off a Polynesian island. During this period, Ben falls in love with an island girl he calls Eve (Gene Tierney). With his new wealth, will Ben have the courage to say farewell to Eve and return to London to claim his inheritance?
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Suez 1938 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Stephenson, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander
Ferdinand De Lesseps was the architect for the Suez Canal; that much is true. But the rest of the material for this film is pure fiction. As an art form, however, this Darryl F. Zanuck epic deserves high marks.
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The Sun Also Rises 1957 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Gregory Ratoff, Marcel Dalio, Robert Evans, Eduardo Noriega, Henry Daniell
This is an excellent rendition of Hemingway's classic story about the "Lost Generation" of expatriates who roamed Europe between the two World Wars. The plot revolves around an American writer (Tyrone Power) who suffers from impotence following the war.
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That Wonderful Urge 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan, Lucile Watson, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Hope Emerson, Porter Hall, Lloyd Gough, Richard Gaines, Taylor Holmes, Al Bridge, Lane Chandler, Frank Ferguson
Tyrone Power repeats his starring role in this remake of "Love Is News." This time, Gene Tierney takes the role of heiress Sara Farley who decides to get back at reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler (Power) who has been printing non-flattering stories about her. Sara gets even by announcing to the press that she and Tyler are secretly married, and their love/hate relationship results in more than a few misadventures.
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This Above All 1942 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Philip Merivale, Sara Allgood, Alexander Knox, Queenie Leonard, Melville Cooper, Jill Esmond, Holmes Herbert, Denis Green, Arthur Shields
Prudence Cathaway (Joan Fontaine) upsets her wealthy family when she wants no favors and enlists in the British Women's Air Force–WAFs–in World War II. While in training, she meets embittered Clive Briggs (Tyrone Power), who is recovering from wounds. When Clive decides to go AWOL rather than return to duty, Prudence tries to convince him that England is worth fighting for.
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Untamed 1955 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson, Henry O'Neill, Brad Dexter, Philip Van Zandt
Set during the Boer War, this is the story of Katie O'Neill's (Susan Hayward) trek to Africa to be with her husband where she encounters a warring nation.
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 Witness for the Prosecution 1957   N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee, Francis Compton, Ben Wright, J. Pat O'Malley
This classic Agatha Christie story takes place largely in a courtroom where aging lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton) is defending Leonard Steven Vole (Tyrone Power) against the charge of murder. Robarts, who is cared for by aggressive nurse Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester), is convinced that his client is innocent but bases his belief on Vole's sole alibi that is backed up by Vole's wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich). Surprises are in store for Robarts when Christine announces that she is, in fact, not married to Leonard and testifies for the prosecution. And that is only one of the surprises in store for Robarts. Some great performances, and Oscar nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Laughton), Supporting Actress (Lanchester), and Director. 1 User Review
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| | Tracey 01/07/2007 | | It was a very well acted movie. It is a stunning courtroom drama with a surprising ending. If you like Hitchcock type endings you'll love this one! |
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A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner, Donald Stuart, Ralph Byrd, Richard Fraser, Denis Green, Bruce Lester, Lester Matthews
Tim (Tyrone Power), a U.S. pilot, flew planes to Canada and then ferried them to Britain before the U.S.'s entrance into World War II, thus helping arm Britain. Tim has a cocky attitude and does not appreciate the war effort. While in London, he meets ex-girlfriend Carol (Betty Grable), and she isn't pleased with his cavalier attitude about the war. To show his dedication, he joins the R.A.F. Great combat footage, which earned an Oscar nomination for Special Effects. One of Power's better efforts.
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| 1. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
2. The Black Rose (1950)
3. The Black Swan (1942)
4. Blood and Sand (1941)
5. Brigham Young (1940)
6. Cafe Metropole (1937)
7. Captain from Castile (1947)
8. Crash Dive (1943)
9. Diplomatic Courier (1952)
10. The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
11. Girls' Dormitory (1936)
12. In Old Chicago (1937)
13. I'll Never Forget You (1951)
aka: The House in the Square
aka: Man of Two Worlds
14. Jesse James (1939)
15. Johnny Apollo (1940)
16. King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
17. The Long Gray Line (1955)
18. Love Is News (1937)
19. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
20. Marie Antoinette (1938)
21. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
22. Nightmare Alley (1947)
23. Prince of Foxes (1949)
24. The Rains Came (1939)
25. Rawhide (1951)
aka: Desperate Siege
26. The Razor's Edge (1946)
27. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
28. Second Fiddle (1939)
29. Second Honeymoon (1937)
30. Seven Waves Away (1957)
aka: Abandon Ship!
31. Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
32. Suez (1938)
33. The Sun Also Rises (1957)
34. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
35. This Above All (1942)
36. Untamed (1955)
37. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
38. A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
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