Tyrone Power: Swashbuckling with the Star Persona | A Film Star Biography
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Tyrone Edmund Power III - or 20th Century Fox’s Tyrone Power - was one of the marquee stars of his day, spanning from the 1930s to the late 1950s. Yet, despite his popularity at the time, his name is rarely listed amongst the truly great stars of the era. He came from an acting linage, had true talent, and was dedicated to the craft of performing, but - as this video argues - he was held back by his studio constructed star persona.
Repeatedly cast as the swashbuckler, Power was forever seen as the swashbuckler, the romantic adventurer, and little more. However, between Hollywood extravaganzas, he was able to give many nuanced performances on stage and to a lesser extent on-screen.
This is an exploration of the question of whether stardom, for an actor, can be a trap…
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![What's My Line? - Tyrone Power; Wally Cox [panel] (Mar 27, 1955)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jehh_xoGTdE/mqdefault.jpg)
Of all videos I've seen about Tyrone Power, this is undoubtedly the best. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that it's one of the best documentaries about any Hollywood star I've seen, and I must have seen hundreds by this point. It's expertly done, and so respectful to Tyrone as a human being as well as an actor. I also love how you show how stifling the control was after he was pigeonholed in the money-making machine of the Hollywood System. Most documentaries about male stars tend to ignore or gloss over it
Thank you for your kind words :) When I was approaching this documentary I was coming from two angles: first, a sincere fondness for the performances of Tyrone Power; second, an academic interest in star personas within the Hollywood studio system of the era. Although it is far from perfect, I think this combination of respect for the person and understanding of the specific historical context he lived in worked in the video's favour. I agree with you that the challenges a star faces is part of their story and should not glossed over (or over-dramatised). I'm glad that you found the video interesting
Excellent job! As an unconditional admirer (since I was a girl) of the great Tyrone Power, I want to thank you for the extensive, complete and respectful video, through which you keep his memory and his career alive. He was talented, versatile, very expressive and above all else he was a subtle actor. No exaggeration or overreacting. Besides, he was very self-critical. Of the nearly fifty films that he starred in, he was only proud of four: "Blood and Sand" (1941), "Nightmare Alley" (1947), "Abandon Ship" (1957) and "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957). Too bad he died so soon. He still had a lot to give. Thanks again
Thank you for your kind words about the video :) Yes, his subtly and self-critical nature created timeless performances that hopefully can be enjoyed and admired for generations to come. I just wish that the films would be more widely re-released and shown (here in the UK I think there are only 6 of his films on Blu-Ray (fortunately two of those are "Nightmare Alley" and "Witness for the Prosecution")).
@@phantasoscope Not at all. Thank you! :)
This is a well presented documentary on my favourite actor of all time, Tyrone Power. He truly was underrated as an actor. I learned a few details of his life that I hadn't read before. Thanks so much for this presentation.
Thank you for watching! I'm glad I could offer some new information on TP and his career :)
Oh this is good. thank you. i love classic hollywood. there are so many good stars. Olivia De Haviland. the british raj. david niven. marilyn monroe. errol flynn. rita hayworth. cary grant. so many...:-)
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) Tyrone Power's Hollywood story is such a fascinating one
This is an amazing and intelligent 🧠 presentation of Ty's career. 👏
Thank you for your kind words :) He was such a wonderful actor, my favourite of old Hollywood, and I hope I've done his story justice
Ooooooh, Tyrone Power as a 20-something golden-haired boy in “Lloyds of London” ! I have been a fan of Power’s since I was a child watching his swashbucklers on “Million Dollar Movies” in the afternoon after coming home from school. (He had already passed away.) But I never saw him in “Lloyds” til it recently appeared in my YT feed . I thanked my “lucky stars”😄 because Power was at the height of his renowned beauty. Like millions, I also believed he was the most exquisitely handsome man God created. No film actor since has been able to hold up a candle.
Very well done! - deserves more views!
Thank you for watching :)
Well done, really enjoyed that, I guess he was a pop star, nothing wrong with pop.
Thank you for watching :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Cindy Maceda's comments on the physical persona that was Tyrone Power are typical of any female fan of his era. Particularly, his leading ladies!! Alice Faye and Colleen Gray are just two of his costars that declared him the best-looking looking man they'd ever seen. Most of all in the period from Lloyds of London to Blood and Sand. Fill an entire room with Tom Cruises and Brad Pitts, and women would walk over them to reach Ty the Cutie Pie. Tyrone Power had looks to shame any of todays Hollywood stars. Save perhaps a young Richard Chamberlain. Another that could have compared was the star-crossed Eighties actor Jon Erik Hexum. Hexum, like Power, had looks that surpassed any film star since his time. What was also so telling about him was his presence on screen at such a young age. Power was just 22 years old when he burned up the screen in Lloyds of London. That his acting was not better appreciated is entirely the blame of Fox studio head Daryl F. Zanuck . As Colleen Gray stated, "Because he was so very handsome, they put him in costume pictures." "Things without much substance." What Tyrone Power would do in today's Hollywood boggles the imagination. Pitt, Cruise, and Johnny Depp would be scrambling for leftover crumbs. If ever an actor fit the bill of a true Megastar, it was Tyrone Edmund Power.
Just 44 years old.
He was such a wonderful talent
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The cruel FORCE OF DESTINY. Unfortunately like father like son. Here Power is seen with his beard for SOLOMON & SHEBA, I believe so his days were really numbered while discussing the heart research that did not help him in time. As with Jussi Bjorling, Power did not live long enough to possibly benefit from a heart transplant. How ironic that in his third time filming his fighting George Sanders on film was what brought on his fatal attack as it did his father nearly 30 years before.
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Ah-MEE-chee, rather.
You fail to know good actors, most of Tyrone Powers movies are performed with the greatest honour and totally believable, he is able to portray the greatest acting skill that actors of today would never achieve. Perhaps the producers of some films they made are not scripted correctly Tyrone power managed to turn it into a good script with his performance.
I struggle with your diction, l can’t make out what you’re saying sometimes