From 1936 through 1958, the incredibly handsome Power was one of Hollywood's favorite leading men. Romance novelist Barbara Cartland once said, "We didn't need sex. We had Tyrone Power."He excelled in everything, including romantic dramas ("The Razor's Edge"), swashbucklers ("The Mark of Zorro," "The Black Pirate") and comedy ("Love Is News"). Every once in a while, Power got a chance to play against type, as in "Nightmare Alley," in which he costarred as an ambitiously ruthless carnival worker, or in Billy Wilder's 1957 mystery thriller "Witness for the Prosecution," which cast him as a charming murderer.
This weekend, the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre paid tribute to the actor with a three-day retrospective, "Tyrone Power: Everybody's Darling Boy."
Hope you had a chance to attend the tribute. It was really excellent, if I do say so myself, as I was one of the programmers.
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