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Blood and Sand **** (1941, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, Linda Darnell, Nazimova, J Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Anthony Quinn, Laird Cregar) – Classic Movie Review 2997

Director Rouben Mamoulian remakes the famous 1922 Rudolph Valentino silent classic in this fascinating and colourful if less extravagant 1941 version of the Vicente Blasco Ibáñez novel about a poor illiterate peasant boy Juan Gallardo […]

Oct, 19

Prince of Foxes **** (1949, Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Everett Sloane, Felix Aylmer, Katina Paxinou) – Classic Movie Review 2652

Both looking good, Tyrone Power and Orson Welles lock swords in director Henry King’s beautifully made 1949 swashbuckler, set in Renaissance Italy in 1500. Power stars as the dashing hero Andrea Orsini, supposedly an artistic […]

Jun, 27

Alexander’s Ragtime Band **** (1938, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 2617

Director Henry King’s 1938 musical is a grand old-time show, with an ancient but serviceable plot about two songwriters (Tyrone Power and Don Ameche) battling for the love of an upcoming singing attraction (Alice Faye). […]

Jun, 19

Witness for the Prosecution **** (1957, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Una O’Connor, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 2576

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder’s excellent 1957 movie version of Agatha Christie’s ingenious if a shade creaky London-set courtroom thriller is witty, suspenseful and hugely entertaining. Christie’s 1952 international stage success is based on her 1925 short story Traitor’s […]

Jun, 09

The Mark of Zorro ***** (1940, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 2314

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s 1940 adventure classic remakes the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent classic and stars an ideal Tyrone Power as Zorro. Though thought of as a light-weight star, Power is thrilling as Don Diego, […]

Mar, 27

Jesse James **** (1939, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Brian Donlevy) – Classic Movie Review 1063

Director Henry King’s 1939 Western is marvellous vintage action entertainment with a provocative central idea of the outlaws being dubiously reinvented as heroes, just like in Robin Hood or Bonnie and Clyde. That’s how the […]

Apr, 06

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