Here I will salute my favorite actors. My time frame is from the 1920's through to the 1960's. There's isn't that many movies from the 1960's that I like but there some.
TYRONE POWER
Born: May 05, 1913 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: Nov. 15, 1958 Madrid, Spain (heartattack)
He was the 3rd Tyrone Power of four in a famed acting dynasty reaching back to the 18th century. His great-grandfather was the first Tyrone Power (1795-1841), a famed Irish comedian. His father known as Tyrone Power Sr., but to his contemporaries as either Tyrone Power or Tyrone Power the younger. He was a huge star in the theatre (and later films) in both classical and modern roles. His mother 'Patia Power; was also a shakespearean actress as well as a respected dramatic coach. Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. (also called Tyrone Power III) was born at his mother's home in cincinnati. He was a frail and sickly child and was taken to a warmer climate of southern california. After his parents divorce, he and his sister 'Anne Power' returned to Cincinnati with his mother. He developed an obsession with acting which his father encouraged. Although he lived with his mother Tyrone wrote to his father often. A screen test in 1936 for 20th Century Fox led to a contract and he quickly progressed to leading roles. He served in the Marine Corps in World War II as a pilot adn saw action in the south pacific. Halfway through the making ot the film "Solomon and Sheba" he collapsed during a dueling scene with George Sanders and died of a heart attack before reaching the hospital. He had three children; who all followed the acting family tradition.
SPOUSES
Annabella April 23, 1939 til January 26, 1948 (divorced)
Linda Christian January 27, 1949 til August 7, 1956
Debbie Ann Minardos May 7, 1958 til November 15, 1958
(Married in Mississippi). They were married until his death.
- Made his first technicolor film in 1939 with Henry Fonda in "Jessee James".
- Discharged as First Lieutenant in 1946.
- 1956 Formed his own production company and called it COPA Productions.
- 1st Film COPA Produced was "Abandon Ship".
- Tyrone's only son was born two months after his death and was named Tyrone William Power IV.
- Darryl Fl. Sanuck said of Power, "The truest, handsomest, best of the lot."
- Sophia Loren said of Power, "Tyrone Power was my ideal man."
He lived at 407 North Rockingham Drive (Brentwood).
When to Saint Martin of Tours Church (catholic) in Brentwood at Sunset Boulevard
His Star on the Walk of Fame is At 6743 Hollywood Blvd.
QUOTES
"The secret of charm is bullshit."
"I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say."
"I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."
The following films I have listed are films that I have seen of Tyrone Power and the ones that I would suggest that you add to your classic film library. While I have seen most of his films I am only listing the ones that I think are good enough to add to your library.
| 1937 |
In Old Chicago |
| 1938 |
Marie Antoinette |
| 1938 |
Suez |
| 1939 |
Jesse James |
| 1939 |
The Rains Came |
| 1940 |
Johnny Apollo |
| 1940 |
Brigham Young,Frontiersman |
| 1940 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| 1941 |
Blood and Sand |
| 1942 |
The Black Swan |
| 1946 |
The Razor's Edge |
| 1948 |
The Luck of the Irish |
| 1950 |
The Black Rose |
| 1955 |
The Long Gray Line |
| 1956 |
The Eddie Duchin Story |
| 1957 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| 1957 |
Witness For The Prosecution |
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I have to say my two favorite films of them all is "The Black Swan", and "Blood and Sand". I've seen the original Blood and Sand with Rudolph Valentino and I have it on tape also. I enjoy the silent version alot but I have to say maybe it is becaue Tyrone Power's version is sound it is better and to me he's alot more handsome than Valentino and he was handsome indeed.
HUMPHREY BOGART
Born: December 25, 1899
Died: January 14, 1957
Birth Name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart
Nickname: Bogey, Bogie
Height: 5'81/2"
BIO
The son of a Manhattan surgeon and a magazine illustrator. Educated at Trinity School in New York City. He was sent to Phillips Academy in Andover to prepare for Medical Studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy he was wounded in the shelling of the Leviatham; the resulting partial paralysis caused his signature snarl and lisp. In 1930 he got a contract with Fox and his film debut was a 10 minute short "Broadway's Like That"; costarring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell. He was released from his contract in 1932. Five more years of stage and film work and he got his break in the film "The Petrified Forest"(1936). He got the part over Edward G. Robinson when the star of the film Leslie Howard threatened to quit. This led to a long term contract with Warner Brothers. From 1936 until 1940 he made 28 films. Usually gangster films. 1941 became his landmark year when he made "High Sierra" and the "The Maltese Falcon".
SPOUSES
- Helen Menken 1926-1927 (divorced)
Born: Decemeber 12, 1901, New York, NY.
Died: March 27, 1966 New York, NY.(heartattack)
- Mary Philips 1928-1938 (divorced)(actress)
Born: January 23, 1901 New London, Connecticut
Died: April 22, 1975 Santa Monica, California(cancer)
- Mayo Methot 1938-1945 (divorced)(actress)
Born: March 3, 1904 Portland, Oregon
Died: June 9, 1951 Multhomak, Oregon
- Lauren Bacall May 21, 1945-January 14, 1957
Until his death
Birthname: Betty Joan Perske
Born: September 16, 1924 New York, NY
They had one son Stephen and one daughter Leslie.
His daughter Leslie was named in honour of Leslie Howard the actor who gave him his big break.
He played chess by mail during World War II with soldiers.
His coffin contains a small gold whistle that his wife Lauren Bacall placed there.
The Screenwriter Adela St. Johns was a distant relative. His grandfather and her grandmother were brother and sister.
Bogart is ranked number 1 on the American Film Institutes list of greates screen actors.
His mother Maud's drawing of Baby Bogart appeared in a national advertising campain for Mellin's Baby food. It was not Gerber as most people have said.
QUOTES
Bogie said, "The trouble with the world is that it's always one drink behind."
John Huston said, "The trouble with Bogart is he thinks he is Bogart."
Bacall said, "Bogie himself said that dead is dead and life is for the living and you've got to move on and if you don't, it's self-indulgent and does the dead no good. He said it dishonoured them because if they gave you so little care for your own life, then they didn't leave you with very much.
{attributed as lastwords}"I should never have switched from scotch to martinis."
Bogie said, "They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the national anthem." He was speaking about the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Just like previously these are the films that I like and so you may not agree with my choices. While this list will not include all of Bogies films that i've seen they are the one's that i like the best and the ones that i either have in my video library or ones that i want to have.
| 1936 |
The Petrified Forest |
| 1937 |
Marked Woman |
| 1937 |
Dead End |
| 1938 |
Crime School |
| 1938 |
Angels With Dirty Faces |
| 1939 |
Dark Victory |
| 1939 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| 1940 |
Virginia City |
| 1941 |
High Sierra |
| 1941 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| 1942 |
Casablanca |
| 1944 |
To Have and Have Not |
| 1946 |
The Big Sleep |
| 1947 |
The Two Mrs. Carrolls |
| 1947 |
Dark Passage |
| 1948 |
The Treasure of The Sierra Madre |
| 1948 |
Key Largo |
| 1949 |
Knock On Any Door |
| 1950 |
In A Lonely Place |
| 1951 |
The African Queen |
| 1952 |
Deadline--USA |
| 1954 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| 1954 |
Sabrina |
| 1954 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| 1955 |
The Left Hand of God |
| 1955 |
The Desperate Hours |
CLAUDE RAINS
Date of Birth: November 10, 1889 London, England UK
Died: May 30, 1967 Laconia, New Hampshire, USA
(intestinal hemorrhage)
SPOUSES
Isabel Jeans (1913 - 1915) (divorced)
Marie Hemingway (1920 - 1920) (divorced)
Beatriz Thomas (1924 - 8 April 1935) (divorced)
Rosemary Clark Schrode (1960 - 31 December 1964) (her death)
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree recognized Rains' acting talent and paid for the elocution books and lessons he needed due to his poor diction.
Rains was almost blind in one eye due to injury from a gas attack during WW1.
Father of Jessica Rains who was born on January 24, 1938 and is an actress.
Interred at Red Hill Cemetery, Moultonborough, New Hampshire, USA
ERROL FLYNN
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