Golden Couples: Tyrone Power & Loretta Young
« Sweethearts of the Silver Screen » In 1936, after appearing in a Broadway play called St. Joan , a 22-year-old Tyrone Power was approached by 20th Century Fox and offered a screen test. His first film at the studio was Girls' Dormitory (1936), starring Herbert Marshall and Ruth Chatterton. Although his appearance in the film was very brief, he was a sensation and Fox was invaded by hundreds of fan letters. Legend goes that columnist Hedda Hopper even stayed for a second showing of the film to find out who that handsome young man was. In Ladies In Love After Girls' Dormitory , Ty was given a bigger chance to shine in the romantic comedy Ladies in Love (1936) , starring Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett and 23-year-old beauty Loretta Young. In the film, Loretta plays a young peasant called Susie, who falls madly in love with Tyrone's character, Count Karl Lanyi. They were such a success that Daryl F. Zanuck wasted no time in pairing them again. Their nex...