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Post by topbilled on May 28, 2024 14:32:02 GMT
In his first few films, Tyrone Power was billed as Tyrone Power Jr. (his father had been a successful stage actor). Rather quickly Junior came into his own as a full-fledged movie star at 20th Century Fox. From 1936 until 1957’s adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s THE SUN ALSO RISES, Ty appeared in 39 feature films for the studio. In most of those, he was the top billed star, and loan outs to other studios were rare. He did costar with Norma Shearer in MGM’s costume drama MARIE ANTOINETTE, and in the early 1950s, he turned up in a glossy Technicolor production of MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER for Universal. But for the most part, he remained at Fox where he reigned as king for over twenty years.
Check out:
DAY-TIME WIFE (1939)
JOHNNY APOLLO (1940)
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) |
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Post by kims on May 28, 2024 22:08:59 GMT
You can see Tyrone Sr. with John Wayne in THE BIG TRAIL (1930) directed by Raoul Walsh
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 28, 2024 23:22:25 GMT
Those are all good recommendations. It's not his best acting or his best movie but I really enjoy Son of Fury (1942), an adventure film about a legal heir who runs afoul of the law trying to claim his rights and flees to the South Pacific. I don't even mind that it's Gene Tierney playing his island girl because it's Gene Tierney, always a plus in any form. He eventually amasses a fortune in pearls, enabling him to return to England and claim his birthright from his villainous uncle, a wonderfully devious George Sanders. Frances Farmer is also on hand, just before her career fell apart. It's a wonderful example of historical fiction and lots of fun for adventure fans. Power made a good lead for adventure films because he didn't adhere to a lot of the stoic masculine stereotypes and added a welcome good humor, sort of the way Harrison Ford did with Indy.  |
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Post by Fading Fast on May 29, 2024 8:42:04 GMT
Those are all good recommendations. It's not his best acting or his best movie but I really enjoy Son of Fury (1942), an adventure film about a legal heir who is runs afoul of the law trying to claim his rights and flees to the South Pacific. I don't even mind that it's Gene Tierney playing his island girl because it's Gene Tierney, always a plus in any form. He eventually amasses a fortune in pearls, enabling him to return to England and claim his birthright from his villainous uncle, a wonderfully devious George Sanders. Frances Farmer is also on hand, just before her career fell apart. It's a wonderful example of historical fiction and lots of fun for adventure fans. Power made a good lead for adventure films because he didn't adhere to a lot of the stoic masculine stereotypes and added a welcome good humor, sort of the way Harrison Ford did with Indy. |
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