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TCFHE Press Release: Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection
THE ROMANTIC SWASHBUCKLER RETURNS…
TYRONE POWER MATINEE IDOL COLLECTION
An Incredible Collection Of Classics, As Irresistible As Power Himself
Ten Remarkable Films With Four Brand New Featurettes From The Celebrated Icon Arrives Onto DVD July 29 >From Fox Home Entertainment
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – This summer, catch the strikingly handsome and ever charming idol of the stage, Tyrone Power, in a second collection of favorites as the Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection debuts on DVD July 29th from Fox Home Entertainment. One of Hollywood’s most popular stars from the late 1930s through the 1940s, Power racked up hit-after-hit to become a monumental star. In this collection, versatile Power plays the role of a newspaper reporter in The Academy Award®* nominated fantastical romantic comedy, Luck of the Irish; a cynical solider in the Oscar®** winning wartime romance, This Above All; and co-stared with actress Loretta Young in the comedy, Love Is News. Additionally, the Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection showcases Johnny Apollo, Girl’s Dormitory, Day-time Wife, I’ll Never Forget You, Second Honeymoon, Café Metropole and That Wonderful Urge. A perfect compilation to round out any classic cinema fan’s collection, the five-disc Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.98. Prebook is July 2.
Synopses:
Café Metropole
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Deleted scenes
· Advertising Gallery
· Behind-the-scenes stills Gallery
· Production Gallery
An unpaid debt prompts an unconventional pay back that ultimately leads to love. Having lost his inheritance, Alexis (Tyrone Power) finds himself in debt to Café Metropole owner Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) who forces him to pose as a Russian prince and woo the rich American heiress Laura Ridgeway (Loretta Young). But events turn when the two find themselves in love. When the real prince finally surfaces, it’s Monsieur Victor who finds himself in a twisted mess.
Day-Time Wife
Presented in full screen with mono and stereo sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· “My Dad, Tyrone Powers” featurette
· Behind-the-scenes stills Gallery
· Production Gallery
When a naughty husband is suspected of having an extra-marital affair, his wife decides all’s fair in love and war. After being married for two years, Ken Norton (Tyrone Power) is itching for something more; namely his young secretary Kitty (Wendy Barrie). But when Ken’s wife Jane (Linda Darnell) suspects hanky-panky, she evens the score by taking a secretarial job with Ken’s business associate Bernard Dexter (Warren William). Things really heat up when Ken and Jane accidentally meet at a restaurant with their dates!
Girl’s Dormitory
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· “Tyrone Power, Prince of Fox” featurette
· Advertising Gallery
· Production Gallery
A schoolgirl crush becomes the center of controversy at an all-girls finishing school when the headmaster becomes the object of affection. Marie Claudel (Simone Simon) professes her feelings for headmaster Stephen Dominik (Herbert Marshall) in a note that is quickly crumpled up and tossed. When the note is found and traced back to Marie, rumors abound and scandal ensues until a handsome young Count (Tyrone Power) comes calling on Marie.
I’ll Never Forget You
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Advertising Gallery
· Lobby Cards Gallery
· “See England with Ann Blyth” Gallery
· Production Gallery
Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is living in an 18th-century house on Berkeley Square where his distant relative – also Peter Standish – once lived centuries before. But when he is struck by lightning, he suddenly finds himself in the 18th Century! Peter meets his ancestor’s fiancée Kate Pettigrew (Beatrice Campbell) but it is her sister, Helen (Ann Blyth) with whom he falls in love. As Peter tries to hide his true, modern identity, a jealous Kate makes trouble and before long, Peter finds himself back in the present where his true love might not be lost after all.
Johnny Apollo
Presented in full screen with mono and stereo sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Advertising Gallery
To save his father, a young man turns to crime and gets caught up in more than he bargained for. When Bob Cain (Tyrone Power), learns his stockbroker father is mixed up in embezzlement, with shame he drops out of college and denounces him. After losing everything that matters, Cain soon comes to his father’s aid and vows to pay his debt by any means. He hooks up with racketeer Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan) and assumes the name Johnny Apollo. But Dwyer’s, gal Lucky DuBarry (Dorothy Lamour) has eyes for Johnny and before long she’s the only one Johnny can trust.
Love Is News
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· “Ty and Loretta: Sweethearts of the Silver Screen” featurette
· Advertising Gallery
· Behind-The-Scenes Gallery
· Production Gallery
The richest girl in the world is about to be sold out by star reporter Steve Layton (Tyrone Power), but he gets duped when she sells a different scoop. Tony Gateson (Loretta Young), a beautiful young heiress, is constantly being hounded by the press…and one reporter in particular – Layton – is about to see what it feels like! When Gateson announces the two are engaged, she sends Layton’s life into a front-page tailspin that can only be remedied by love.
Luck of the Irish
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· 2 viewing versions: green tinted and black and white
· “Jayne Meadows Remembers” featurette
· Trailer
· Advertising Gallery
· Behind-The-Scenes Gallery
· Production Gallery
A political writer finds out what really matters in life when he crosses paths with a leprechaun. While traveling Ireland, American correspondent Steve Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) meets Horace (Cecil Kellaway), an elfin-like man who leads him to an inn run by Nora (Anne Baxter). And when Nora tells Steve that he probably met a leprechaun, Steve catches and demands gold! But back home, when Steve realizes his romance with politico D.C. Augur’s (Lee J. Cobb) daughter Frances (Jayne Meadows) are no longer a priority, it’s Horace who leads Steve back to where his heart truly belongs.
Second Honeymoon
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Trailer
· Still Gallery
A tumultuous marriage ends in divorce but reignites with a second honeymoon. Just divorced, Raoul McLiesh (Tyrone Power) and Vicky (Loretta Young) meet accidentally in Miami where Vicky is vacationing with her new husband Rob Benton (Lyle Talbot). Realizing the old flame never died, Raoul and Vicky find themselves mixed up in a menagerie of misunderstandings and circumstances that finally lead them back to each other in a reunion with a twist!
That Wonderful Urge
Presented in full screen with mono and stereo sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Theatrical Trailer
· Advertising Gallery
· Behind-The-Scenes Gallery
· Production Gallery
A cynical newspaper reporter meets his match when a sassy grocery store heiress makes him headline news! Looking for a story, ace reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler (Tyrone Power) poses as an admirer to get the inside scoop on heiress Sara Farley (Gene Tierney). But the tables turn when Farley announces to the world that the two are married. Soon – to his dismay – Tyler is front-page news. Finding it difficult to prove he is not married, he creates a scandal of his own along the way.
This Above All
Presented in full screen with mono sound, French and Spanish subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Trailer
· Advertising Gallery
· Behind-The-Scenes Gallery
· Production Gallery
A British military hero becomes disillusioned with the war and attempts to break free…but falls in love instead. In wartime England, a young upper-class idealist, Prudence Cathaway (Joan Fontaine), breaks from the family tradition and enlists as a Private in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. On a blind date she meets Private Clive Briggs (Tyrone Power) and they soon fall in love. But will the realities of their differing social classes – and Clive’s secret – tear these two apart?
TYRONE POWER MATINEE IDOL COLLECTION
Street Date: July 29, 2008
Prebook Date: July 2, 2008
Price: $49.98 U.S.
Catalog #: 2252344
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