My Favorite Movies

The very first time I ever saw Tyrone Power was when my mother introduced me to The Razor's Edge in 1979.

Although it may not be entirely historically accurate, Brigham Young is very entertaining on a number of levels. Lots of great performances - Dean Jagger in the title role and Vincent Price as Joseph Smith are particularly effective. Linda Darnell as the "outsider" Zina and love interest for Tyrone Power, is quite a humorous revelation with her frank skepticism of the Mormon belief, particularly polygamy! With a compelling Lamar Trotti script and a stirring Alfred Newman score the film moves briskly to the climax with the seagulls. The DVD has some great extras including very interesting commentary.

This is a remake of Love is News (1937). This time his co-star is Gene Tierney rather than Loretta Young. I love the Count de Guyon character that appears in both films. Here it's Reginald Gardiner, while George Sanders has the role in Love is News. In both films Ty proves he was adept at light comedy. Since he was known to be quite the prankster, it's certainly not surprising! Love the scene where he and Gene "reenact" the time Mother Tyler shot the government agent for Gene's socialite friends ("Whoops! We busted our beads!").

This movie is rather ridiculous and the opening atomic scene is hilariously out dated. After being struck by lightening, Tyrone travles back in time to 1784 and is suddenly in technicolor! Silly but entertaining.

This isn't a bad movie, but Ty only appears in it very briefly at the end. When Darryl Zanuck learned that the preview cards indicated that what the audience liked best about the film was "that guy in the last scene" Ty's career took off.