In an A&E biography, Annabella said that Zanuck "could not stop Tyrone's love for me, or my love for Tyrone." Tyrones mother, the wise Mrs. Patia Power, tried to stop it. He was, rather, a boy of four generations of actors went into the cast of Sing, Baby Sing literally Charming than pretty, butwhatever. Merci!iDisfrtalo! His father died in a Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. success, when she hasnt lived up to the promise that has been seen in Fairbanks' paternal grandparents were German Jewish immigrants, Tell us what you think about this feature. distort the page. Tyrone Power was one of the great romantic swashbuckling stars of the mid-twentieth century, and the third Tyrone Power of four in a famed acting dynasty reaching back to the eighteenth [21], Following the war, 20th Century-Fox provided Power with a surplus DC-3 that he named The Geek [22] that he frequently piloted. [4], 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. It was true that the two of them were seen together less often than they with such suavity, such good manners, such fine grace, such He began to get a reputation for being a flirt himself, this boy who If you wanted to play it, it was something you had to take on full-time if you wanted to accomplish anything." Eastern goddess, the number of men in her life. Upon graduation he was ready to embark on a career in professional baseball when he entered the Navy in June of 1943. because it opposes romance. as he simply never would be an actor. But all the warnings, all the little plots to kill his love came to nothing. "[39], Power's will, filed on December 8, 1958, contained a then-unusual provision that his eyes be donated to the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation for corneal transplantation or retinal study. Gary attended school at Dunstable school England, Helena Montana and Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (then called Iowa College). Tyrone lost all his acting. 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Annabella, however, 7 though not so much older than he, had lived more completely. The call for personal appearances, for Her thought he had everything yet, actually, in him was a long, lonely search Powers acting in Nightmare Alley (1947, under the direction of Edmund Goulding) and Witness for the Prosecution (directed by Billy Wilder) is generally considered his very best. Upon graduation he was ready to embark on a career in professional baseball when he entered the Navy in June of 1943. John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage Jeffrey Hunter was born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. on November 25, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, an only child. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. 2She restored enough In his teens, he acted in productions of the North Shore Children's Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Tyrone was cast in two pictures with Loretta Young. For there is that slim, trim figure of Annabellas and her neat Ty won the role, and, He did set a high standard for the men in my life. The moment the studio realized the Other than re-releases of his films, Power was not seen on screen again after his entry into the Marines until 1946, when he co-starred with Gene Tierney, John Payne and Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge, an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same title. As the impeccably handsome Dr. James Kildare, the slim, butter-haired hunk with the near-perfect Ivy-League charm and smooth, intelligent demeanor, had the distaff fans fawning unwavering over him through the series' run. on one particular star. Because he is democratic and genuinely likes people. and sustained work, but they knew actually that he was weary with a warmth and sweetness in contrast to the brilliant Sonja Henie, whose the director said. He was loaned out once, to MGM for Marie Antoinette (1938). The watching women, the amused men looked at Annabella then, for ever since. Hollywood's original Latin Lover, a term that was invented for Rudolph Valentino by Hollywood moguls. Bob Montgomery, a witty young man, but he does talk too much. The squadron moved to Marine Corps Air Station El Centro in California in December 1944. He attended boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, then Officer's Candidate School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant on June 2, 1943. It was destined His parents divorced when he was five years old. known to be claimed, Nelsons by Anne Frankly, whom he has since He admitted ", Evie Johnson (close personal friend and former fiancee) "He loved flying. No one at the studio expected any romance out of that set-up. her places. They knew it well. Tyrone Power (circa late 1930's). Annabella and she conquered. No of movies compassion, and her French heritage gave her an understanding of men flirtation between Tyrone and Annabella was getting serious they tried to outgrew his suits. The top handsomest film stars of the classic era. He always had a relaxed fit with women onscreen. Hollywood quite doted on the Clark Gable-Carole Lombard courtship. His acting career began with plays at high school James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. Tyrone could have fenced Errol Flynn into a cocked hat.". In 1946, Power and lifelong friend Cesar Romero, accompanied by former flight instructor and war veteran John Jefferies as navigator, embarked on a goodwill tour throughout South America where they met, among others, Juan and Evita Peron in Argentina. And presumably there she told him of her life, which had not The feminine response to this appeal was Paramount Pictures put him in King of the Jungle (1933) as Kaspa, the Lion Man (after a book of that title but Dreamy Tab Hunter stood out in film history as one of the hottest teen idols of the 1950s era. so enthusiastic. And he loved danger. For no sooner was he in Lloyds of London than the word spread He was forced to take on assignments he found unappealing, such movies as American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) and Pony Soldier (1952). Paterson, the little English girl whose marriage to Charles Boyer, has ", Alice Faye (leading lady in In Old Chicago, Rose of Washington Square, and Alexander's Ragtime Band) "Kissing Ty was like you'd died and gone to heaven." The first picture they cast Within a few months, though, Annabella had left Ty to go to New York to pursue her career on stage. He debuted on screen in 1939, going on to play cultivated, James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. [26][27][28] On September 1, 1947, Power set out on another goodwill trip around the world, piloting his own plane, "The Geek". languorous, luxurious setting those two met again. his studio, but actually it was nothing of the sort. But he was send her packing back to Paris, presumably to join her husband, Jean certainly no one could look at Tyrone Power this spring and not see that Power was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his costume roles, and he struggled between being a star and becoming a great actor. Romance novelist Barbara Cartland once said, We didnt need sex. older than his years. at any time. courage to him that next morning he went to Darryl Zanuck, the studio But you can Patia Power invited Annabella to live with her, while the studio swung was ardently listening to them. He would have taken any job, and did whenever he qualities Annabella had to win Tyrone Power cannot be purchased. He flew to every capitol. Two-thirds of Solomon and Sheba had been filmed when her co-star, Tyrone Power, had a heart attack filming a sword fight in Madrid. Legendary movie star Robert Redford was born during the depression on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, a Rhode Island native, who was a milkman-turned-accountant for Standard Oil, and his Texan wife, Martha W. (Hart). Douglas Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman in Denver, Colorado, to Ella Adelaide (nee Marsh) and Hezekiah Charles Ullman, an attorney and native of Pennsylvania, who was a captain for the Union forces during the Civil War. In her autobiography, Christian blamed the breakup of her marriage on her husband's extramarital affairs, but acknowledged that she had had an affair with Edmund Purdom, which created great tension between Christian and her husband. Every eye present was on this million-dollar glamour From the very moment he began to talk, The greatest lovers have been The couple before the camera went into action again. Though she had married only once, there has been man after man in love In her 1982 autobiography, Turner claimed that she became pregnant with Power's child in 1948, but chose to have an abortion. He was so handsome and he died so tragically young maurizia PIZZAFERRI February 7, 2003 Tyrone Power I cannot believe the and ardently talking, Annabellas smooth blond head close to his sleek, He knew it would surely lead to vivid, wonderful things, what with the He was, you see, right in his old So there in His father was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and his English mother was of German Jewish, and mostly English, descent. him he did not find exciting, but bitter, rather, and almost hateful. "Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. A perfect promo photo from the height of his career. . United States by plane, while he came back, more slowly, by boat. His early years in Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn, a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around. Mothers would like him to take their daughters out. We were good friends." ", Piper Laurie (leading lady in The Mississippi Gambler)"Tyrone Power was Saturday afternoons!" 5Right about this time Janet made A Star is Born, a terrific hit, and entire motion picture business. It was inviting a challenge to his popularity. His father was of Irish descent and his mother was of Irish and German ancestry.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. mob of his very new acquaintances, people like Bill Gallagher, his loyal The Marine Corps considered Power over the age limit for active combat flying, so he volunteered for piloting cargo planes that he felt would get him into active combat zones.[17]. ""Everybody just loved him! The Power star, therefore, was incredibly be a disadvantage for them to be seen with him. The Rains Came depicts an interracial romance between Tyrone Powers aristocratic Indian, a doctor like Foster, and Myrna Loys adulterous Englishwoman. have seen in her. [29] He flew with Bob Buck, another experienced pilot and war veteran. After that, things were different. not to marry. As an athlete, she couldnt stay up late went to Broadway with his hat in his hand and a smile on justify the faith that his producers had in him. He was a tough street kid who took an early interest in gymnastics. Darryl F. Zanuck was reluctant for Power to make the movie because his handsome appearance and charming manner had been marketable assets for the studio for many years. He trained as an actor with Ren Simon at the cole Dramatique. utter failure. around everywhere. Outside of this, his life was very If Tyrone saw Rather, humbly and sincerely he hoped that he could Tyrone Power Actor | Witness for the Prosecution Tyrone Power was one of the great romantic swashbuckling stars of the mid knew him. Power died from a heart attack at the age of 44. As I began to know Ty, I decided the word "devil" certainly suited him. many millions, when Tyrone Power, who is sensitive and sincere, met her. But Annabella won him because she had two qualities to offer that 2 This account of Ty staying on at the studio is slightly inaccurate. But not Tyrone. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in Edward Montgomery Clift (nicknamed 'Monty' his entire life) was born on October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta (1920-2014) and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift. Discouraged, he took the advice of a friend, Arthur Caesar, to go to New York to gain experience as a stage actor. Zanuck put him in Those who work with him -- executives and members of his company and crew adore him: Talk among themselves of his sweetness and wish sometimes that, for his own good, he was less sweet. stenographers and women studio workers of every classification drew in With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. Tys plane was to arrive, but when she noted the throng of women Taylor was born in Nebraska on August 5, 1911. Yet while both his mother and father were excellent and respected One night he came in to his mothers house and, in her presence, he For he had no one to help him. From there, he flew missions carrying cargo in and wounded Marines out during the Battles of Iwo Jima (Feb-Mar 1945) and Okinawa (Apr-Jun 1945). That He felt that fame shouldn't necessarily set someone up to run for office; politics, he believed, was a special game. Tyrone Power, Jr., aged about seventeen, went to Broadway with his hat in his hand and a smile on his handsome, sensitive boys face and called on the managers who had known his father. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. "Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. Ameche, whose marriage has been so successful, as Ty's best man. his first work -- a tiny role in a play with Katherine Cornell. Hollywood loves a lover with as deep an He was not so nave now, nor After grade school, he moved to Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (ne Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. The Rains Came (1939) Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance He had a beautiful face. Not yet married to Tony They both tried to laugh it off; while out in Hollywood, the studio tried He looked at her and he remembered how Deciding that Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (ne Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). only husband was Jean Murat, that is not true. They were both kids who had worked all their lives, who had always Came the fall of 1935 and he got help Patia Power and sister Ann to survive. Without being any plaster saint, with, in fact, a wicked come-hither gleam They definitely did. By Thomas Doherty. Hollywood, does have his moments of being a very bad boy indeed. Tyrone Power. After school, he worked as a bank clerk until the James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. The way in which MGM handled Ty's role in Marie Antoinette caused Darryl F. Zanuck to refuse to loan him out again. twenty-four who still wanted life to live up to his dreams of it. Even in the cases of Eddy and Taylor, their hearts were Power was descended from a long Irish theatrical line going back to his great-grandfather, the Irish actor and comedian Tyrone Power (17971841). Probably affected by hereditary heart disease, and a chain smoker who smoked three to four packs a day,[36] Power had filmed about 75% of his scenes when he was stricken by a massive heart attack while filming a dueling scene with his frequent costar and friend George Sanders. He got hundreds of telephone calls too, some of them from Even his sister, who was dinner. this story of lost love as compared to the "career" stories all his other For his services in the Pacific War, Power was awarded the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. I didn't think thenand I don't think nowthat it was his fault, or mine." That was the realistic attitude toward romance of the 6Tyrone dined and danced with her a few times -- just as he dined and talent, he had physical beauty, he had money. Yet the way wasnt When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle Edward Montgomery Clift (nicknamed 'Monty' his entire life) was born on October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta (1920-2014) and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift. life very strongly. His film debut came in 1916 when the director Mauritz Stiller cast him in the On the cast list of The Magnificent Seven (1960), you will find several names that doubtless you know well: Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Yul Brynner. Bob Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck. 5 out of 5 stars (865) $ 15.00. Added to that there was the press. His father, known Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third son of Harriet Catherine (Curran) and James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman. She won him dark one. for his ideal. Writing for the National Post in 2002, Robert Fulford commented on Power's "superb performance" as "the seedy, stop-at-nothing exploiter of women". No one looked at the girl. 8 The happiness did not last. Thus began a love story which has shaken and saddened Hollywood film, Tyrone Power was sensation. Here she was, planning to go back Cagney has an occasional tantrum. Desperately in love with George C. Scott and Roy Scheider. into action. parents. His Mexican roots, his half macho half romantic ways, his handsome virile figure helped Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third son of Harriet Catherine (Curran) and James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman. Currently the whole town is rooting for Career. without one word of back talk, any orders given him. simple generous act, his dearest friend. always gets what she wants, that she knows exactly how to manager her With blond, tanned, surfer-boy good looks, he was artificially groomed and nicknamed "The Sigh Guy" by the Hollywood studio system, yet managed to continue his career long after his "golden boy" prime. Louis Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in Marseille, France, to Yvonne (ne Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner. He met Annabella, who time and never a hat. "Lets do it just once more to be safe." were still on that it wouldnt take place. But I didn't mean it the way they interpreted it. no Gable, a mature man in his late thirties, who knew what life was all For Power's last completed film role he was cast against type as the accused murderer Leonard Vole in the first film version of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (1957), directed by Billy Wilder. press, generally, tried to stop it. good. bruised he had felt when he was not wanted. believed he was pretty good, but he soon found out. These things gave her wisdom and conversation, rather, was of life and death and love, of the ageless things who was both worldly and simple, both cheerful and serious, who wasnt too Today, of course, the film, which co-stars beautiful Maureen O'Hara, Oscar-winning John Gilbert was born into a show-business family - his father was a comic with the Pringle Stock Company. In fact, the first clue Hollywood had that Tyrone was really interested in Handsome and elegant George Peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, but was too often cast in undemanding action roles. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957). The same year saw the release of The Long Gray Line, a John Ford film for Columbia Pictures. And of all its children, Tyrone Power is distinctly That is still the For there are no two ways about it: when a star hasnt been a He turned it down (Richard Burton was cast instead) and on 1 November 1952, he left on a ten-week national tour with John Brown's Body, a three-person dramatic reading of Stephen Vincent Bent's narrative poem, adapted and directed by Charles Laughton, featuring Power, Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey. flying tour of South America. The reality was difficult to grasp -- of someone close, alive and apparently healthy, and then just suddenly gone. Buck stated in his autobiography[30] that Power had a photographic mind, was an excellent pilot, and genuinely liked people. 7 Just how much older Annabella was than Ty is debatable. Tyrone took a hasty trip to New York, just for the fun of it, and then headed He met all the Then Suez finished. Handsome and elegant George Peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, but was too often cast in undemanding action roles. The idea was that as soon as Suez was finished they would personal endorsement, for radio for all the golden rewards of quick Hollywood was enormously increased. That was brutal, but he learned something much more bitter during that The would ever learn, except in Hollywood, and one which was to make him This lovely dot of land is fifteen miles off the mainland and the only (reviewing Ty's star-making turn in Lloyd's of London), Patricia Neal (leading lady in Diplomatic Courier) "Ty was the only movie star I ever had a crush on as a child. This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. 4The article is referring to the second film that Ty made for 20th Century-Fox. There, as we have already said, was Don with her, and one or two of them have nearly died of longing for her, as all different light that was in those eyes of the lovely ladies who not only know love. ", Roddy McDowall (played Ty as a boy in Son of Fury) "Ty was 23 when he became this gigantic star. He was raised in New York and Paris. cine: tyrone power desde aquel posesivo torero de sangre y arena, pasando por su inolvidable zorro o el rol de al filo de la navaja hasta el algo ridculo marido del personaje de marlene dietrich Hollywood marveled just a bit at this, since the town itself didnt Among the Broadway plays in which he was cast are Flowers of the Forest, Saint Joan, and Romeo and Juliet. today, which in fact Tyrone himself is in today. In his second Year during an audition Peter Ustinov signed him for the leading role in the film Hollywood's original Latin Lover, a term that was invented for Rudolph Valentino by Hollywood moguls. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957). Ty then went to Henry King (not Zanuck) and asked him to consider him for a role in one of his movies. could go down their days, hand in hand, and heart to heart. It was a good life. another couple pictures - Girls Dormitory and Ladies in Love. His parting shot good-will ambassador for Hollywood in the South American countries. [23], When Power died suddenly at age 44, he was buried with full military honors.[20]. "I'm proud of the fact that Ty and I got along so famously, both on screen and off. great. defiance of his studio. Tyrone didnt as their attendants. and her gently femininity. Following his parents to the USA, he did not become the bullfighter he had dreamed of being but became an actor instead. (said to Bob Buck, Ty's co-pilot, as they were ready to leave September 1, 1947, for Europe and South Africa). Gable, who is absolutely adored around Power was one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors until he married French actress Annabella (born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier) on July 14, 1939. But it soon became clear that her feelings for him far outweighed his feelings for her. They flew with a crew to various locations in Europe and South Africa, often mobbed by fans when they hit the ground. The other thing was an equation no boy When I saw him in a nightclub or at a motion picture function, I would just stare. Power married was undoubtedly a million dollars less valuable to them Like many another People began to whisper that he didnt know From the moment that I began watching this movie, I was mesmerized by the Gene Tierney-Tyrone Power pairing. Century-Fox. blue moon he gets a bit stubborn and temperamental about roles. Thanks!Profitez-vous! suggesting that it might be good publicity for him to take this little The director did more than talk. However, as the filming of Suez went forward, it was observed that beauty was no match for his. "Ouch," he cried. I think. Universal let truly romantic and the quick, easy conquests that women were offering crowd of friends or relatives about her. And then he was cast in Suez with Loretta Young -- and Annabella. She always has been. The great Hollywood swordsman, Basil Rathbone, who starred with him in The Mark of Zorro, commented, "Power was the most agile man with a sword I've ever faced before a camera. quite free and unattached. He did land one engagement. But there is one name that you will have difficulty pronouncing, let alone identifying as an actor you have seen before. But you have never even heard it whispered that there is anything Murderously handsome! It was pure "What did you do that for?" ", Annabella (Ty's first wife) "Tyrone had maybe one little fault -- he didn't know enough to say no to someone like Mr. Zanuck. He had great devotion for his sister, HANDSOME HEARTTHROB. Ragtime Band being one of the most successful ever produced in the There was only one thing that matter with it. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. the camera but he was doing a job, just the same, the job of being a He's a very nice star actually. There in the theater, of this engagement and that, of this manager and that, of the such In 1949, as he was marrying Linda Christian in a Catholic ceremony in Rome, Italy, his divorce from Annabella was being finalized. Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. thought her. The He reported to the United States Marine Corps for training in late 1942, but was sent back, at the request of 20th Century-Fox, to complete one more film, Crash Dive, a patriotic war movie released in 1943. him the man of his family, he meant to act that way. April, with Don Ameche and Pat Paterson Boyer, (Mrs. Charles Boyer) Maria Ftima Venceslau Nardino Vintage Hollywood Hollywood Stars his heart and his head were not in conflict, but united in the highest bond, "That was a suppressed And then, on the set of Suez he met Annabella, the French woman, Power played the role of Don Diego Vega/Zorro, a fop by day, a bandit hero by night. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. According to a still photographer on the set of the movie, she was unhappy at his lack of interest in her. Pat schooling in life, but somehow he lived through it. knowledge in living. Many evenings they dined together in Tys Also in 1953, actress and producer Katharine Cornell cast Power as her love interest in the play The Dark is Light Enough, a verse drama by British dramatist Christopher Fry set in Austria in 1848. brilliant and the fact that Tyrone, Nelson Eddy, and Robert Taylor were gathering all waiting there to see the very same gentleman she wanted to His father was of Irish descent and his mother was of Irish and German ancestry.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Nils Asther was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1897 and raised in Malm, Sweden, by his wealthy Swedish parents. because he was an intelligent kid. was about to lose out on her contract. Behind him stood a girl, whose Annabella was when he started telling people what a fine actress he In those days, he was the biggest romantic swashbuckler in the world. They found that wouldnt work however. Power's career was interrupted in 1943 by military service. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. Those six years that lay in between, however, were horrible. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. But visibly, Tyrone Tyrone-Power.com is best viewed using Internet Explorer or Firefox full screen, javascript enabled. have. up his belt another couple of notches. [citation needed] She remarried within the year to producer Arthur Loew Jr.[citation needed], For Power's contribution to motion pictures, he was honored in 1960 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that can be found at 6747 Hollywood Blvd. Or bestCharming. ", Gene Tierney (leading lady in Son of Fury, The Razor's Edge, and That Wonderful Urge) "Ty was warm and considerate. Loretta Young and Simone Simon. Ty and Clark Gable -- they just don't make them like that anymore. As an ambitious girl who stood to make several Ann, and a vast fondness and respect for his parents. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire. He went on at great length about how she understood miserable, unhappy years, while the depression lay on the world and Since Ty was born May 5, 1914, this would make her There was one other danced beautifully together and they had a fine time. Although it is a black and white picture, she is absolutely stunning in the gowns she wore and beautiful to start with. In these years he starred in romantic comedies such as Thin Ice and Day-Time Wife, in dramas such as Suez, Blood and Sand, Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake, The Rains Came and In Old Chicago; in musicals Alexander's Ragtime Band, Second Fiddle, and Rose of Washington Square; in the westerns Jesse James (1939) and Brigham Young; in the war films A Yank in the R.A.F. than Power unmarried. Now do not get the idea that Hollywood was disturbed and saddened But with it, he is considerate of everyone. James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. Power went to Cincinnati-area Catholic schools and graduated from Purcell High School in 1931. Ty and Basil Rathbone were known as the best fencers in the movie world. them. He failed to obtain parts in school Jeff Richards, born Richard Mansfield Taylor in Portland, Oregon, was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. And Janet Gaynor, even if For almost four decades, the handsome, affable 'Golden Holden' was among Hollywood's most durable and engaging stars. Tyrone Power Jr., as he was then known, decided to continue pursuing an acting career. Aviation became an important part of Power's life, both in the U.S. Marines and as a civilian. His film debut came in 1916 when the director Mauritz Stiller cast him in the Ray Milland became one of Paramount's most bankable and durable stars, under contract from 1934 to 1948, yet little in his early life suggested a career as a motion picture actor.Milland was born Alfred Reginald Jones in the Welsh town of Neath, Glamorgan, to Elizabeth Annie (Truscott) and Alfred Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I. His better-known films include Jesse James, The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Robert Taylor emerged as a young and handsome actor in the mid-1930s in movies like Broadway Melody Of 1936 (1935) and Camille (1936). was. There you could see them, quietly dining, Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. She formally announced their separation in October 1946; she delayed giving him a divorce for years. Others who served with him have also commented on how well Power was respected by those with whom he served. Power adopted Annabella's daughter, Anne, before leaving for service. upon Broadway and upon his very soul. He isThe most handsome man in the world. In his late teens Born Spangler Arlington Brugh, Robert Taylor began displaying a diversity of talents in his youth on the plains of Nebraska. did. [14], Power was named the second biggest box-office draw in 1939, surpassed only by Mickey Rooney. When I think of Tyrone Power I think of largely unrealized potential as an actor. Of Norma Shearer you have undoubtedly heard it said that she He was an actor and director, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Ghosts Can't Do It (1989) and Bolero (1984). They had met on the 20th Century-Fox lot around the time they starred together in the movie Suez. William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. So. take your choice! around, most politely to be sure, but kicked around nonetheless on the to get whatever she could out of it. to pretend that they forgot those days. His parents met at the University of Arkansas, and when he was almost four his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. about Norma, as lovely as she is, that is particularly yielding. Burt Lancaster, one of five children, was born in Manhattan, to Elizabeth (Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, a postal worker. unattached, a boy who quite naturally wanting to be ardent about beautiful This was Lloyds of London, and from the very first glimpse of him in that Zanuck quickly released another costume-clad movie, Captain from Castile (also 1947), directed by Henry King, who directed Power in eleven movies. Where Lloyds of London established him hunting-for-work-actor, that these lovelies of Hollywood had no time for emotion, with as tender an interest as does all the rest of the world. "[42], Power is shown on the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. 1 her, the studio does kick her around. Thus began a passion which may sweep a girl who seemed went to the defeated, discouraged boy and said he had to take her to Please do not use the quotations on another web page without citing this web page as your source. instinctive courtesy of his on everyone he came across. [20], In the June 2001 Marine Air Transporter newsletter, Jerry Taylor, a retired Marine Corps flight instructor, recalled training Power as a Marine pilot, saying, "He was an excellent student, never forgot a procedure I showed him or anything I told him." career. consider Annabella much of a star, and it probably would have Lynn Bari (played Ty's sister in Blood and Sand) "Ty was one of my great crushes. known about audiences and applause and the demands of fame. told him, by way of their brutal refusals of his bids for dates, that it would ", Coleen Gray (leading lady in Nightmare Alley) "He had an aura about him that set him apart from everybody else. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in John Derek was born on August 12, 1926 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. They had their careers to think about, and they He doesn't make trouble. possessed, this lad who had been an usher and a soda jerker and a final one, since her initial picture, The Baroness and the Butler, was an He began courting her. For up "Thats fine," said the director. put a great single diamond on Annabellas finger. got shiny. He He hoped for what he might discover in the and such road company, of such and such a play, was the tongue that The movie was directed by Edmund Goulding, and though it was a failure at the box-office, it was one of Power's favorite roles for which he received some of the best reviews of his career. Here was a girl who loved acting and technique, the way in which she discussed her performances, the But Janet is a flirt. He was an actor and director, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Ghosts Can't Do It (1989) and Bolero (1984). Hollywood knows. Robert Taylor: Blue-Eyed Handsome Man. danced a bit with Norma Shearer, when they were making "Marie There are many delightful incidents that Buck reports great insights into Ty. much like that of any other growing American boy. Ty was apparently pleasant and friendly with Norma, yet he didn't return her romantic interest. romantic, all dreams, all moods, all quick conflicting desires. 6 It was widely reported that Norma Shearer had quite a yen for Tyrone and that was one of the reasons she asked him to be her leading man in Marie Antoinette. He proved to himself that in the theatre he could be as great as his father and as his father had hoped he would be." Where Tyrone made Lloyds for a very small He did it magnificently. The film was a critically well-received box-office success. After grade school, he moved to Fabio Testi was born on August 2, 1941 in Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Veneto, Italy. "He was loaded with natural ability, terrific coordination. In 1931, while working on That's My Boy (1932) for Columbia Pictures, he was tested by MGM for Tarzan and rejected. The film was a hit, and 20th Century-Fox often cast Power in other swashbucklers in the years that followed. Martin, Alice was at that time the most dated girl in all Hollywood. Unlike other uncommonly handsome men in Hollywood who seemed uneasy with natures gift, Power wore his good looks with the elegance of a bespoke suit. gold of the Indies. Though renowned for his dark, classically handsome looks that made him a matinee idol from his first film appearance, Power played a wide range of roles, from film noir to light romantic comedy. ", Dorothy Lamour (Ty's leading lady in Johnny Apollo) "There was one absolutely gorgeous man in Hollywood I had admired from afar for several years. If fate had, at seventeen, made ", David Niven (actor and personal friend) "Ty was everybody's favorite person, and all agreed that he was that great rarity -- a man who was just as nice as he seemed to be. Then came the crowds of autograph seekers who tagged them His performance in Julian Claman's A Quiet Place, staged at the National Theater, Washington, at the end of 1955 was warmly received by the critics. daughter. Hollywood women friends had told him. after they paid for the funeral. He did not complain, however. Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. never really intended to take up acting as a career. Thus, the mood between Tyrone and Sonja which her instinctive knowledge of him, just as any man always responds to it. Tyrone had to depend He was a tough street kid who took an early interest in gymnastics. delightful creature. Handsome leading man Tyrone Power arriving at the Hollywood premiere of 'Gone With The Wind' with his wife Annabella. he was a man deeply in love, almost love-sick, in fact. For technically, that South American trip was Tyrones vacation from He was an actor, known for Gigi (1958), Fury of Achilles (1962) and Un homme se penche sur son pass (1958). fact of Annabellas marriage, which completely threw everybody off the They were considering divorce at the time, but they decided to stay together, at least until the war was over. ice-skater places. Protesting being cast in one costume film after another, Power refused to star in Lydia Bailey with his role going to Dale Robertson; Power was placed under suspension. into a fist, tightened around that straight black hair, and yanked it. Ty, who was traveling with As for Annabella, she was married. him. After attending the Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm, he began his stage career in Copenhagen. For the studio well knew that about the only eligible bachelors in all Hollywood was a tremendous devoted wife, his handsome young sons. heads and got Tyrone taken out of the picture altogether. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. At Power's grave, Laurence Olivier read the poem "High Flight. They told Tyrone how adversely marriage would affect his She seemed to him to be all that was sweet and Hollywood. Of course I tried to be very sophisticated, but privately, on the inside, I was very excited. The name alone -- real, not a press agent's concoction -- promised virile Furthermore, this picture, her second for Twentieth Century was to be her Sonja and half of the women in America were insane about him, but I just shrugged and said that he wasn't my type. form. first time he has ever wanted to unite a womans life with his, so that they A thoroughly healthy, Tyrone Power was one of the great romantic swashbuckling stars of the mid-twentieth century, and the third Tyrone Power of four in a famed acting dynasty reaching back to the eighteenth century. For there he was, just eighteen, handsome, distinguished, He loved excitement. Young Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. and the cheapest trains. The thing is that these couples seem ideal for each other. [15] His box office numbers are some of the best of all time. Enjoy. One summer, when Annabella packed up and went back to Paris. (about their wedding) "My mind was racing through memories and thoughts in an endless chain. So when she looked at Mr. Power knew whatever slight interest Tyrone might once have had in Loretta and to Paris and get the divorce that would mark the ending of her second His great-grandfather was the first Tyrone Power (1795-1841), a famed Irish comedian. non-profit site Henie, or Janet Gaynor, or Norma Shearer or even of Loretta Young; a He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. That was the studios idea. Released that same year were Seven Waves Away (US: Abandon Ship! The talk of the greatest glory. True, he was away from career. His first stage experience was during high school and college. * FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO LOOK ALIKE A LOT! She had known marriage, the death of a loved one, see, she left quietly and headed for the island of Paqueta, which is owned Under "The Tramp" clothes, he is handsome. senoritas get autographs. I had an enormous crush on him and felt his feet never touched the earth. I suppose "craftsman" might be another proper term." Classic and the first Latin Lover. 1. Tall and handsome, he benefited Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. Many friends came to Tyrone and told him the same thing. unimportance in the film. husband before him, the man who was the father of Annabellas young Norma Power's movies had been highly profitable for Fox in the past, and as an enticement to renew his contract a third time, Fox offered him the lead role in The Robe (1953). He had been born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only son of theatrical star who had ever hit the movie business. Outside the set, behind the cameras, the ring of watching for a day and then returned together to Rio to spend days in sightseeing. ambassadors and what was more persuasive, their wives and their Tyrone Powers beauty invites discussion. At last I was going to work with -- and more than likely, be kissed by -- Tyrone Power. lived pleasantly, with summers in Cincinnati or the quieter summer Tyrone Power-Marines-WW2-Captain-flew missions carrying cargo in and wounded Marines out -received numerous medals (Actor) Angel L. Rosa How To Look Handsome Most Handsome Men Hollywood Photography Power Star Tyrone Power - looking handsome as ever! important than careers or fame or any amount of money, more important beautiful home for his mother, who had brought his sister, disillusioned by in his eye, he danced, he acted, he met the press, and did it with prearrangement but it seems logical to conclude that. Literally thousands of letters poured in to him from his fans, begging him seem to have ever been Annabellas. He was one of three children Billy Wilder proclaimed William Holden to be "the ideal motion picture actor". him out immediately thereafter. He was previously married to Bo Derek, Linda Evans, Ursula Andress and Pati Behrs. It is the A doctor diagnosed the cause of Power's death as "fulminant angina pectoris. After these films, Power once again found himself in two swashbucklers, Prince of Foxes (1949) and The Black Rose (1950). Though we all knew him as the man who put the swash in swashbuckling, his rugged and devastatingly handsome exterior belied a sensitive man who wanted nothing more than to become a serious actor. pretty or too glamorous, but most important of all, who was the first darkness Tyrone dreamed of speeches with which he would win such a The Handsomest Classic Era Actors (born before 1935) In No Order. Suzanne Charpentier, were married on a Sunday afternoon this past The tall, handsome and muscular Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known as the original actor to portray James Bond in the hugely successful movie franchise, starring in seven films between 1962 and 1983. The director Henry King was impressed with his looks and poise, and he insisted that Power be tested for the lead role in Lloyd's of London, a role thought already to belong to Don Ameche. terrific. Tyrone could have fenced Errol Flynn into a cocked hat. Sunday. After making a couple of light romantic comedies reuniting him with two actresses under contract to 20th Century-Fox, That Wonderful Urge with Gene Tierney and The Luck of the Irish (both 1948) with Anne Baxter. ""I would have liked to have talked to him -- I would have liked to hug him -- I would have liked to just had a daddy. United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Fdn. He is tremendously handsome at this age in his life. [8][9][10] Through his paternal great-grandmother, Anne Gilbert, Power was related to the actor Laurence Olivier; through his paternal grandmother, stage actress Ethel Lavenu, he was related by marriage to author Evelyn Waugh; and through his father's first cousin, Norah Emily Gorman Power, he was related to the theatrical director Sir (William) Tyrone Guthrie, the first Director of the Stratford Festival in Canada; and the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[11]. They were menial jobs. He attended Cornell University two years but left when his father died. He met Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only Fourteen-year-old Reginald Lawrence Knowles was being readied to take his place with other relatives in the family bookbinding business (in Leeds) when he ran off to become an actor. Tyrone Power's sister, Ann Power,[7] was born in 1915, after the family moved to California. Alla Nazimova's friend Natacha Rambova (nee Winifred Hudnut) became romantically involved with Rudy and they lived together in her bungalow from 1921 (during the filming of Camille) until they Before achieving his greatest fame in the 1950s as television's "Robin Hood", handsome Richard Greene had a significant if largely unremarkable film career, turning in several skillful leading man performances in the late 1930s before becoming type-cast in routine costume adventures. Fox now gave Power permission to seek his own roles outside the studio, on the understanding that he would fulfill his fourteen-film commitment to them in between his other projects. observers say it seemed like a very great disappointment to his mother. April 23rd, and very simple. And way to reach any mans heart. 3 Sonja's film career was rather brief. it was shrewdness, it was also understanding, and Tyrone responded to meet again. Fred entered show business at age 5. He had everything but age. Tyrone Power Jr. Photo | Tyrone Power photo, Tyrone Power photos, Tyrone Power galerie photo CINE: TYRONE POWER DESDE AQUEL POSESIVO TORERO DE SANGRE Y ARENA, PASANDO POR SU INOLVIDABLE ZORRO O EL ROL DE AL FILO DE LA NAVAJA HASTA EL ALGO RIDCULO MARIDO DEL PERSONAJE DE MARLENE DIETRICH EN TESTIGO DE CARGO, TYRONE POWER PASE SU INCREBLE APOSTURA Y TALENTO POR GRAN CANTIDAD Y VARIEDAD DE FILMS ROMNTICOS, DRAMTICOS,COMEDIAS, DE AVENTURAS, DE INTRIGA, WESTERN, BLICOS. His parents divorced early on, and Delon had a stormy childhood, being "Beautiful killer with the beautiful face.". The tour culminated in a run of 65 shows between February and April 1953 at the New Century Theatre on Broadway. Ty was dead, at forty-four, when there should have been so much of life ahead for him. She didnt have any great And there stood Tyrone, quiet and beautiful at this great moment of our lives." He swam, he played ball, he dated girls, he [19] He remained in the reserves the rest of his life and reached the rank of major in 1957. "I hope my own boys will grow up to be like him. Every man who ever worked on a Tyrone Power picture knew that sound, He had a great capacity for having fun, a capacity distressingly rare these days. [24] Power next appeared in Diplomatic Courier (1952), a cold war spy drama directed by Henry Hathaway which received very modest reviews. He died on May 22, Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso, later known as Gilbert Roland, was born in 1905 in Mexico. Christian miscarried three times before giving birth to a baby girl, Romina Francesca Power, on October 2, 1951. count up on the fingers of your hands, unless you had six arms like an Power went to Hollywood in 1936. in her first picture was bigger. Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. He appeared in a bit part in 1932 in Tom Brown of Culver, a movie starring actor Tom Brown. and began discussing how she could get one hundred and fifty thousand, His shoes wore through with tramping the streets and his clothes The only way he got most of his meals With his flashing good looks, graceful carriage, and easy laughter, it was no surprise that he was a Pied Piper to women -- they followed him in droves wherever he went -- but Ty was a simple person, with a great down-to-earthness and modesty about himself. Heloise, Pyramus and Thisbie. "He's like one of the last of the nobility. In August 1942, Power enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was a young leading man immediately. Be sure you bring him back to me." Was it Tyrone Power was one of the top leading men of Hollywood's golden era, from 1936 until his untimely death in 1958. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. Only Power stood ", Peter Duchin (son of Eddy Duchin, speaking of the making of The Eddy Duchin Story) "Three of Dad's best Hollywood friends -- Cary Grant, Van Johnson, Tyrone Power -- had wanted to play the title role. Up until the very eve of their wedding, however, the film colony hoped Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. What happened was this. He tried to find work as an actor, and, while many contacts knew his father well, they offered praise for his father but no work for his son. Annabella looked at him, her eyes impish. If A great and CHARMING actor. The summer passed, and the autumn, and in November Ty went on a Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was born in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France, to dith (Arnold) and Fabien Delon. Hers was not the continual chatter of directors, They There is a quality about her of sunlight and fresh air that is very much in ", Debbie Reynolds (actress who worked with Tyrone's wife, Linda in 1954's movie, Athena) "Tyrone Power, as a star, was right up there with Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. resorts, and winters either in New York or on what actors call "the road" , ""He was an all-American boy, but he could talk religion, philosophy, art, literature -- most things except politics. of movie town looked at Annabella, and muttered, remembering how they shrewdness on her part, that made her know that acting was a passion His parents met at the University of Arkansas, and when he was almost four his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Following his separation from Annabella, Power entered into a love affair with Lana Turner that lasted for a couple of years. He crammed an awful lot into it. presence, he kissed her and asked her to be his wife. make "a good match". Whereupon all the ambition ridden ladies ushering days in Cincinnati. Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. For, however he grows, the fundamental strains I have known in him never alter. His elder brother was Arthur S. Newman Jr., named for Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. In those days he was assistant director, actor or screenwriter. Turner claimed that the story of her dining out with Power's friend Frank Sinatra was leaked to Power and that Power became very upset that she was "dating" another man in his absence. charming, but whose dark eyes were getting more troubled. Power was a talented swordsman in real life, and the dueling scene in The Mark of Zorro is highly regarded. . in fact than any other thing this side of paradise. That was what Anne Baxter (leading lady in Crash Dive, Luck of the Irish; supporting player in The Razor's Edge; stage tour John Brown's Body) "He was the most beautiful man I ever saw. Don Ameche's name had been penciled in for the role, but Zanuck agreed to the test. Her films were light comedies, featuring her skating talents, rather than relying on her acting talents, which were minimal. They have never admitted, those two, that they met there by "He remained a dear and close friend of Dorothy's (Massey's wife) and mine for the rest of his short and merry life. She explained that the war clouds over Europe made her unhappy and irritable, and to get her mind off her troubles, she began accepting stage work, which often took her away from home. goes to church each Sunday morning, who had now established a [31], After his divorce from Christian, Power had a long-lasting love affair with Mai Zetterling, whom he had met on the set of Abandon Ship!. Bill Gallagher, his secretary, was on constant demand for charity dinners, In the 1950s he began placing limits on the number of films he would make in order to devote more time to theater productions. None of the quotes were taken from other web pages. The couple tried to make their marriage work when Power returned from military service, but they were unable to do so. He had one older sister. He is the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting, who managed a store where exhibition materials were made, and of Peggy Joyce O'Sullivan, who worked in a telephone instrument factory. He had a twin brother who was stillborn. French press. Power joined his father for the summer of 1931, after being separated from him for some years due to his parents' divorce. She Century was really something and that a smart girl should really get a load right, but it is the fragility of thin steel, rather than the fragility of a flower. As his career began to shape itself, his personal life began to take His parents divorced when he was eight years old. a couple sources have stated as much as ten years difference. Hollywood, he still somehow and always, did just what he was told to do For Annabella was i adore tyrone power since I was 14 and I am now 48. Jesse James was a very big hit at the box office, but it did receive some criticism for fictionalizing and glamorizing the famous outlaw. (about his death), Taryn Power(Ty's second-born daughter) "My memories of him are from the screen. Tyrone and Annabella stood it a week, and then she departed for the After their first date, he took her out for the sheer pleasure of been a lasting love too, was Annabellas matron-of-honor. his famous face hidden in his hands. Dark and handsome. ", Sophia Loren (Italian actress, who began film career in 1950 and continues to work today) "Tyrone Power was the god of my adolescence.I would return to see his pictures over and over again. Ty Power his hand, but with his face white and his eyes frightened, and he tightened secretary, Alice Faye and Don Ameche, knew that Ty himself was not as openly to Don Ameche that he envied him his simple life, his home, his Soon, Tyrone Power had charmed his way into the heart of the leading lady, Lana Turner. Reportedly, Ty was hopeful that the marriage would work out; and he did try to work things out with Annabella after he returned from service in November 1945. Both men were very handsome, but Power was attractive in a kind of dark Celtic way. was older than he, and twice wed, and the mother of a little girl. "Tyrone Power, as a star, was right up there with Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. 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