Blood and Sand (1941): Mamoulian’s Oscar-Winning, Visually Striking Film, Starring Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, Linda Darnell

Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, “Blood and Sand” is Mamoulian’s strikingly mounted story of the rise and fall of a young cocksure Spanish bullfighter, played by Tyrone Power, at his most handsome.

 

Captain from Castille (1947): Henry King’s Historical Adventure, Starring Tyrone Power, Jean Peters (Blockbuster)

In this lavish but dull historical adventure, made by Twentieth Century Fox, Tyrone Power, then at the height of his popularity, stars as Pedro De Vargas, a young, impetuous nobleman in 16th Century Spain.