Happy Birthday, Tyrone Power!

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtd7oFLNwZheXqDgd-TC1mjHEzmZm7V7C0gHCK0z6Nks6XLzAgqBxWn2BW4_8r-kfLjjCehWb2ezqau6Tm3BJuV7Q5Yhez7Li-uy_8bL_dazXTP3Yqe-io9S4QxLKpfIkyqYZGVvYPwgc/s1600/tyronepower+by+rob+kelly.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtd7oFLNwZheXqDgd-TC1mjHEzmZm7V7C0gHCK0z6Nks6XLzAgqBxWn2BW4_8r-kfLjjCehWb2ezqau6Tm3BJuV7Q5Yhez7Li-uy_8bL_dazXTP3Yqe-io9S4QxLKpfIkyqYZGVvYPwgc/s400/tyronepower+by+rob+kelly.gif" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">artwork by Rob Kelly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="goog_1850551549"></span><span id="goog_1850551550"></span><span id="goog_1850551536"></span><span id="goog_1850551537"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">99 years ago Tyrone Edmund Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 years <span style="font-size: small;">after that</span> he became a movie star and would remain one for the rest of his life – another 22 years. The biggest male star at 20^thCentury Fox during the ‘30s and ‘40s, Power is remembered by most today as a charismatic leading man of extraordinary looks and resonant voice. He was also a talented and ambitious actor<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrAs0B53fp1n9oMopSu1ZAUPGKt30rJBJTcyQEFLU9lXFPAiL28Vxv9AZsvX_iJCqPk2cN0MxDWNAIm1AIlZFd3dVDAvknHroRDKt6_ULZkoCJq1RCUR0ONXuz01dJPZpA-Ri-1mOq0M/s1600/rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrAs0B53fp1n9oMopSu1ZAUPGKt30rJBJTcyQEFLU9lXFPAiL28Vxv9AZsvX_iJCqPk2cN0MxDWNAIm1AIlZFd3dVDAvknHroRDKt6_ULZkoCJq1RCUR0ONXuz01dJPZpA-Ri-1mOq0M/s320/rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rose of Washington Square</span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today, on the 99^th anniversary of Power’s birth and the 98^th anniversary of Alice Faye’s, Turner Classic Movies will air one of their hits from the 1930s, <i>Rose of Washington Square </i>(1939). The film, the third and last pairing of Power and Faye, was a barely veiled fiction based on Fanny Brice’s rise to fame and her tumultuous relationship with her second husband, professional gambler Nicky Arnstein (Brice was incensed and sued Fox for defamation of character - the case was settled out of court). TCM and the Fox Movie Channel are airing a broad range of Power’s films this month – <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/p/tyrone-power-may-2013.html"><span style="color: red;">click here for a schedule</span></a>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tyrone Power’s centenary will be celebrated in 2014 with film retrospectives in his hometown as well as in New York and Los Angeles. <a href="http://moviememories.net/news/"><span style="color: red;">Click here for more information</span></a>. To learn more about his life and career, <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/08/remembering-tyrone-power.html"><span style="color: red;">click here</span></a>.</span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl5FrvXx7Hcf4fP-GkOPg4vcekoV_6zsMQ6Qd8U9gjX53x6VSHBnGiRxcIH67hyphenhyphen84Cmm4VQzMup8s2oIK6adLFWNUBEBocCsppHUkgieNwL2D3sSlW3bmaaqa0Q_qTmY4qhPOiEmgYPs/s1600/jesse_frank2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl5FrvXx7Hcf4fP-GkOPg4vcekoV_6zsMQ6Qd8U9gjX53x6VSHBnGiRxcIH67hyphenhyphen84Cmm4VQzMup8s2oIK6adLFWNUBEBocCsppHUkgieNwL2D3sSlW3bmaaqa0Q_qTmY4qhPOiEmgYPs/s400/jesse_frank2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda in <i>Jesse James</i> (1939)...airs on TCM May 19</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>

Alice Faye Fox Movie Channel TCM The Lady Eve (author) Tyrone Power Happy Birthday, Tyrone Power!

artwork by Rob Kelly99 years ago Tyrone Edmund Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 years after that he became a movie star and would remain one for the rest of his life – another 22 years. The biggest male star at 20thCentury Fox during the ‘30s a…

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