Tyrone Power was one of the top stars of Hollywood's heyday in the 30's & 40's. His "unholy looks" [frequent director, Henry King] and talent helped put the then fledgling 20th Century Fox Studio on the map! Coming from an acting dynasty, his range was effective enough to be equally at home in swashbucklers (some of the best ever made, including "The Mark of Zorro," "The Black Swan," among others) parlor room comedy ("Second Honeymoon"), westerns ("Jesse James" with Henry Fonda), musicals & glossy drama, ("Alexander's Ragtime Band," "The Razor's Edge," "The Sun Also Rises"), 'disaster' epics ("In Old Chicago") & dark film noir---the best of the bunch being the cult classic, "Nightmare Alley." Of this later film, Power was never allowed by studio chief Darryl Zanuck to utilize the dramatic potential he showed. Portraying a high-class con-artist who ends up as the "Geek" of a traveling carnival, the film wasn't successful at the box office and the studio promptly returned him to the reliable swashbuckler genre. After nearly 20 years under contract to 20th Century Fox, Power left the studio in the early 50's to pursue theatre work and freelance. Though he wouldn't rekindle the box-office heights of the 30's and 40's, he nevertheless had some of his greatest successes during the 50's with such smashes as, "The Eddy Duchin Story," John Ford's, "The Long Gray Line" and Billy Wilder's, "Witness for the Prosecution." A heavy smoker, Tyrone Power died tragically at the age of 44 of a heart attack on the set of "Solomon and Sheba."
Now available for pre-order is the soon-to-be released (May 13, '08) 3-DVD set, "The Fox Western Classics." Set includes, "Rawhide" / "The Gunfighter" / "The Garden of Evil"!
Recently released, is Jeanine Basinger's excellent film study, "The Star Machine." The book includes a large, insightful and illuminating chapter on Tyrone Power, entitled Power Disillusionment: Tyrone Power.
The Tyrone Power Swashbuckler Box Set," was released May 1, 2007 and is available from Amazon.com, Moviesunlimited.com, Critics Choice.com, et al. The set includes, "Blood and Sand," "Son of Fury," "Prince of Foxes," "Captain from Castile" and "The Black Rose." Set features commentaries, featurettes, photos, etc. Can be purchased individually, as well.
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Now available for pre-order is the soon-to-be released (May 13, '08) 3-DVD set, "The Fox Western Classics." Set includes, "Rawhide" / "The Gunfighter" / "The Garden of Evil"!
