The Scenery of the Catskill mountains as described by Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Willis Gaylord Clark, N. P. Willis, Miss Martineau, Tyrone Power, Park Benjamin, Thomas Cole, and other eminent writers
Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Sir William Tyrone Power, KCB, traveled extensively throughout Asia during the 19th Century while serving in the British Army. As my one ancestor (he is my great-great-grandfather) with China links, I will write about him from time to time and post documents of interest from the family archive. Some of this will be debunking and supporting family [...]
Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
I have finally started tackling the life and adventures of my great-great-grandfather, Sir William Tyrone Power, KCB. William is of particular interest to me due to his wide travels in the 19th century, including China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Crimea and Canada. My focus will be his take on China, Hong Kong, Guangzhou. I have [...]
Disco Nap (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Last night I watched a film called San Francisco, which featured Clark Gable and the winsome Jeanette MacDonald, who my IMDB research reveals was one of most popular filmstars in America in the1930s and 40s. I love how enthusiastic the public were about stars back then – a nationwide poll elected a “King and Queen of Hollywood” every year and in 1939 Jeanette won; her king was Tyrone Power,...
Nordic Voices in Translation (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
... had such a fast car. Also he kept his shoes shined and he had some manners. We saw a movie with Tyrone Power in. I bet he was a good fuck. I could really have killed myself for not being in town when he came to Iceland. My girlfriend Sigga still has a five krona bill he wrote his name on. Nonni and I had been going steady for a month when I discovered I was pregnant. I could have...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
(1942) Hugely entertaining swashbuckling high seas drama with Tyrone Power starring as the notorious pirate, Henry Morgan.
Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
... his boatplane, and he's a real jerk about it too. Watched: 11 minutes. Son of Fury (1942, USA) - Tyrone Power grows up with a Dickensian uncle who has stolen his inheritance. As an adult he takes his revenge. You can rarely go wrong with a good vengeance theme, but the South Sea island paradise clichés, complete with a submissive native girl, ruin the second half, and there's...
