He rose to movie stardom at the ripe young age of 22 and remained an international star for another 22 years, until his sudden death in 1958. During those two-plus decades, Tyrone Power was top-billed in hit films of many genres, from romantic comedy to disaster epic, musical, costume drama, western, adventure, wartime drama, swashbuckler, prestige literary adaptation, biopic, courtroom drama and even film noir. He also made time to serve as a pilot in the Marine Corps during World War II and tocarve out a stage career for himself after the war. His wedding in Rome to his second wife, Linda Christian, caused a near-riot. When he collapsed and died, at age 44, while filming a King Vidor-directed biblical epic in Spain, it was headline news around the world. His private funeral in Hollywood was attended by filmdom's great luminaries and his burial was a mob scene of frenzied fans.
May 5th, 2014, marks the 100th anniversary Tyrone Power’s birth, and my co-host, Patti of They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To, and I are celebrating with this blogathon honoring of his life and career.
Click on the links below for contributions from participating bloggers. And thanks to everyone who is taking part for joining in to pay tribute to one of the true legends of Hollywood's Golden Age.
- Barry Bradford (barrybradford.com): The Razor's Edge (1946)
- Citizen Screen: The Black Swan (1942)
- Citizen Screen: Tyrone Power on the Radio
- Classic Film Freak: The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Crítica Retrô: Lloyd's of London (1936)
- Girlsdofilm: The Black Rose (1950)
- Hamlette's Soliloquy: The Sun Also Rises (1957)
- Immortal Ephemera: The Films of Tyrone Power and Alice Faye (In Old Chicago, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Rose of Washington Square)
- Java's Journey: Tyrone Power and Deborah Montgomery Minardos
- Kathleen Nemec (via YouTube): The Long Gray Line (1955)
- Kevin's Movie Corner: Son of Fury (1942)
- Lady Eve's Reel Life: The Romantic Comedies of Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
- Lasso the Movies: Jesse James (1939)
- Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: This Above All (1942)
- Movie Classics: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- The Nitrate Diva: Day-Time Wife (1939)
- Old Hollywood (Claytonology): King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
- Shadows and Satin: Blood and Sand (1941)
- Sidewalk Crossings: Crash Dive (1942)
- Silver Screen Modes: Johnny Apollo (1940)
- The Skeins: Prince of Foxes (1949)
- Slightly Shabby: Marie Antoinette (1938)
- They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To: Abandon Ship (1957)
- Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Nightmare Alley (1947)
- Twenty Four Frames: Rawhide (1951)
- Tyrone-Power.com: A Very Special Memorabilia Collection
- Tyrone-Power.com: Tyrone Power, King of the Disaster Movies
- Tyrone-Power.com: Supercouples: Tyrone and Annabella, Tyrone and Linda
