The stars (1962)

Leading men Power and Gene Tierney in Son of Fury (1942). The bearer of a distinguished name in the annals of stage melodrama, Tyrone Power, Jr., was destined to turn to the movies, inheritor of the audience and many of the basic ideas of the popular theater. In 1937 he dropped the "Jr." from his name, and in the fifties he essayed, with considerable success, some serious dramatic roles on the stage. He died in 1960 while filming Solomon and Sheba in Spain. His first film successes were as an extremely callow juvenile, notably in Lloyds of London (1936). He quickly matured, however, into a leading man of the classic type — exuding a kind of generalized sex appeal while suggesting no strongly personal traits. He could thus play any part — Western, urban, comic, dramatic — without becoming automatically typed. Yet, because he was a man of intelligence and some sensitivity, he occasionally rose above being a mere leading man and did a bit of acting, notably in Nightmare Alley. He had intelligence, adaptability and energy that other leading men — equally reliable — lacked. 160 A couple of cons named Lloyd Nolan and Tyrone Power fight it out in Johnny Apollo.