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Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James (1939 film), Jesse James'', ''The Mark of Zorro (1940 film), The Mark of Zorro'', ''Marie Antoinette (1938 film), Marie Antoinette'', ''Blood and Sand (1941 film), Blood and Sand'', ''The Black Swan (film), The Black Swan'', ''Prince of Foxes (film), Prince of Foxes'', ''Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film), Witness for the Prosecution'', ''The Black Rose'', and ''Captain from Castile''. Power's own favorite film among those in which he starred was ''Nightmare Alley (1947 film), Nightmare Alley''. Though largely a matinee idol in the 1930s and early 1940s and known for his striking good looks, Power starred in films in a number of genres, from drama to light comedy. In the 1950s he began placing limits on the number of films he would make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio River, Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. It is the List of cities in Ohio, third-most populous city in Ohio and List of united states cities by population, 66th-most populous in the U.S., with a population of 309,317 at the 2020 census. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metro area and the Metropolitan statistical area, nation's 30th-largest, with over 2.3 million residents. Throughout much of the 19th century, Cincinnati was among the Largest cities in the United States by population by decade, top 10 U.S. cities by population. The city developed as a port, river town for cargo shipping by steamboats, located at the crossroads of the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Air Force and United States Space Force, Space Force, major is a field officer above the military rank, rank of Captain (United States O-3), captain and below the rank of Lieutenant colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the rank of Lieutenant commander (United States), lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, Navy and United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard. Although lieutenant commanders are considered junior officers by their services, majors are senior officers. The U.S. uniformed services pay grades, pay grade for the rank of major is O-4. The insignia for the rank consists of a golden Oak#Culture, oak leaf, with slight stylized differences between the versions of the different services. Promotion to the rank of major is governed by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense policies derived from the Defense Officer Personnel Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouben Mamoulian
Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theater director. Mamoulian's oeuvre includes sixteen films (four of which are Musical film, musicals) and seventeen Broadway theatre, Broadway productions, six of which are Musical theatre, musicals. He was responsible for the acclaimed original stagings of ''Oklahoma!'' (1943) and ''Carousel (musical), Carousel'' (1945), as well as the first production of George Gershwin's ''Porgy and Bess'' (1935). His output in the early film sound era demonstrated his talent for deploying cinematic innovations that were startling in their day. He restored mobility to the camera, and developed his own signature use of Montage (filmmaking), montage, Close-up, close-ups, Split screen (video production), split-screens and Dissolve (filmmaking), dissolves. Mamoulian's films garnered more in the way of critical acclaim than box office receipts: only six of his films earned a profit at their init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Alley (1947 Film)
''Nightmare Alley'' is a 1947 American film noir directed by Edmund Goulding from a screenplay by Jules Furthman. Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name, it stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Power, wishing to expand beyond the romantic and swashbuckler roles that brought him to fame, requested 20th Century-Fox's studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights to the novel so he could star as the unsavory lead "The Great Stanton", a scheming carnival barker. The film premiered in the United States on October 9, 1947, then went into wide release on October 28, 1947, later having six more European releases between November 1947 to May 1954. As noted on the DVD commentary track by Alain Silver and James Ursini, ''Nightmare Alley'' was somewhat unusual among film noir in having top stars, production staff and a relatively large budget. The film was not a financial success upon its original release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain From Castile
''Captain from Castile'' is a 1947 American historical adventure film. It was released by 20th Century-Fox. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film stars Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacán, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parícutin volcano, which was then erupting. ''Captain from Castile'' was the feature film debut of Jean Peters, who later married industrialist Howard Hughes, and of Mohawk actor Jay Silverheels, who later portrayed Tonto on the television series '' The Lone Ranger''. The film is an adaptation of the 1945 best-selling novel '' Captain from Castile'' by Samuel Shellabarger. The film's story covers the first half of the historical epic, describing the protagonist's persecution at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and his escape to the New World to join Hernán Cortés in an expedition to conquer Mexico. Plot In the spring of 1518, near Jaén, Spain, Pedro de Vargas, a Castilian caballero, helps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Rose
''The Black Rose'' is a 1950 British adventure historical film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. Talbot Jennings' screenplay was loosely based on a 1945 novel of the same name by Canadian author Thomas B. Costain, introducing an anachronistic Saxon rebellion against the Norman aristocracy as a vehicle for launching the protagonists on their journey to the Orient. It was filmed partly on location in England and Morocco which substitutes for the Gobi Desert of China. The film was partly conceived as a follow-up to the movie '' Prince of Foxes'' (1949), and reunited the earlier film's two male leads. British costume designer Michael Whittaker was nominated at the 23rd Academy Awards for his work on the film ( Best Costumes-Color). Plot Two hundred years after the Norman Conquest, during the reign of Edward I, Saxon scholar Walter of Gurnie, the illegitimate son of the lately deceased Earl of Lessford, returns from Oxford and hears the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witness For The Prosecution (1957 Film)
In law, a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what they know or claim to know. A witness might be compelled to provide testimony in court, before a grand jury, before an administrative tribunal, before a deposition officer, or in a variety of other legal proceedings. A subpoena is a legal document that commands a person to appear at a proceeding. It is used to compel the testimony of a witness in a trial. Usually, it can be issued by a judge or by the lawyer representing the plaintiff or the defendant in a civil trial or by the prosecutor or the defense attorney in a criminal proceeding, or by a government agency. In many jurisdictions, it is compulsory to comply with the subpoena and either take an oath or solemnly affirm to testify truthfully under penalty of perjury. Although informally a witness includes whoever perceived the event, in law, a witness is different from an informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Foxes (film)
''Prince of Foxes'' is a 1949 American historical adventure film adapted from Samuel Shellabarger's novel '' Prince of Foxes''. The movie starred Tyrone Power as Orsini and Orson Welles as Cesare Borgia. It was nominated for two Oscars during the 22nd Academy Awards: Best Black and White Cinematography (Leon Shamroy) and Best Costume Design, Black and White (Vittorio Nino Novarese). Plot In August 1500, Andrea Orsini, an artistic minor nobleman who is equally skilled with the brush, the sword, words, and women, serves the Machiavellian Prince Cesare Borgia as a soldier. Pleased with Andrea's ability to "follow my mind and keep his eyes fixed on the ultimate goal", Borgia selects Andrea to accomplish an intrigue: arrange the marriage of his widowed sister, Lucrezia (whose husband he has just had assassinated for the purpose), to Alfonso d'Este, the son of the Duke Ercole d'Este of Ferrara. By doing so, Borgia will remove Ferrara as an impediment to conquest of central Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Swan (film)
''The Black Swan'' is a 1942 American swashbuckler Technicolor film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara. It was based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. Leon Shamroy won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. This was the final film of silent film star Helene Costello. Although the film revolves around Captain Waring (Tyrone Power) and his ship, that ship is the "Revenge". The title relates to the enemy ship "The Black Swan" belonging to Captain Leech. Plot After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan ( Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby ( George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates. Captain Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and his lieutenant, Tom Blue ( Thomas Mitchell), r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood And Sand (1941 Film)
''Blood and Sand'' is a 1941 American Technicolor film Drama (film and television), drama starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth and Nazimova. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and was based on the 1908 Spanish novel ''Blood and Sand (novel), Blood and Sand'' (''Sangre y arena'') by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves. Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga. Other versions of ''Blood and Sand'' include a Blood and Sand (1922 film), 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Rudolph Valentino, a Blood and Sand (1916 film), 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibanez with the help of Max André, and a Blood and Sand (1989 film), 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone. ''Blood and Sand'' was the fourth and last film in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together. The others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette (1938 Film)
''Marie Antoinette'' is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated Queen of France by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, it had its Los Angeles premiere at the legendary Carthay Circle Theatre, where the landscaping was specially decorated for the event. The film was the last project of Irving Thalberg who died in 1936 while it was in the planning stage. His widow, Norma Shearer, remained committed to the project even while her enthusiasm for her film career in general was waning following his death. With a budget over two million dollars, it was one of the more expensive films of the 1930s, but also one of the bigger successes. Plot In 1769 Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria tells her daughter Maria Antonia she is to marry the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. Marie is excited to become the future Queen of France but grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
