Here are legit offerings for Pittsburgh from December 1955 into January
1956. A very big name on this occasion is Tyrone Power. He's star of A Quiet Place,
which had taken aim at Broadway via New Haven, Boston, Cleveland, and later
Washington,
but fizzled out of town. It was "matrimonial problem drama" wherein
Ty as restless husband gets involved with ingénue Susan Kohner. A Quiet Place was
set for a week in Pittsburgh,
but lasted four days. Time Limit was military trial spun around incident from
the Korean War. Richard Widmark would star in and produce a screen adapt in
1958. Biggest noise was The Bad Seed,which couldn't boast Power, didn't need
him for having been a sock on B'way, thanks to talk far and wide of shocker
content (a little girl who kills!). Nancy Kelly would do a film version for
Warners near the time of her Pittsburgh
performance. She and Ty just missed rendezvous here that would have reunited Jesse
James' pair. Considering that 1939 pic still ran heavy in reissue (Fox's top
evergreen), a joint press or radio interview might have boosted respective
plays for both. Power could have sat on laurels and done movies for big
money, but he was more about family tradition on boards and testing himself as
an actor, all much to good at the time, though we've got no visual record other
than odd stills and a playbill here and there. There are recordings Power participated in, notably one for John Brown's Body, a Charles Laughton-directed play he travelled with during the 50's that would prove a fountain of prestige for an actor branded to then as a mere matinee movie idol. No one wanted to improve his game so much as Power. Did he succeed? A matter of opinion ... but no one presented better as a matinee movie idol, and there was plenty value in that, not only pecuniary, but also in terms of joy he brought so many viewers. Truth then as now: Personality paid more than range. So what if Power couldn't (or chose not to) play Hamlet? Who needed that? But there wasn't a better Zorro, or Eddy Duchin, or a more persuasive Mississippi Gambler. Power was another who didn't realize how effective he was, or how his work would sustain unto present-day, and dedicated, fan following.
Interesting thing to note about the article calling Power a third-generation actor. "Ingenue Susan Kohner" would eventually be part of a three generation Hollywood family, too— her parents were Paul Kohner and Lupita Tovar, and her sons Paul and Chris Weitz would be involved in such films as American Pie and About a Boy.
Power's father, grandfather and son were also named Tyrone (perhaps after the Northern Ireland county of that name?). The father was in "The Big Trail" and the son has been in a film called "Shag" and some TV episodes.
Anybody note how much Liv Tyler looks a lot like Susan Kohner (or how much Kohner resembles Tyler) in the picture? I see a resemblence, even if anybody doesn't.
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Interesting thing to note about the article calling Power a third-generation actor. "Ingenue Susan Kohner" would eventually be part of a three generation Hollywood family, too— her parents were Paul Kohner and Lupita Tovar, and her sons Paul and Chris Weitz would be involved in such films as American Pie and About a Boy.
"Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" is such a great title Stinky never wants to see the movie. It would only serve as a disappointment.
Power's father, grandfather and son were also named Tyrone (perhaps after the Northern Ireland county of that name?). The father was in "The Big Trail" and the son has been in a film called "Shag" and some TV episodes.
@Stinky - actually, Kiss The Blood Off My Hands is a really great, well-done B with Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine - no stinker there
Anybody note how much Liv Tyler looks a lot like Susan Kohner (or how much Kohner resembles Tyler) in the picture? I see a resemblence, even if anybody doesn't.
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