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Yes or No on this handsome Tyrone Power portrait?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2024 at 5:58pm

Is that live ink? It appears the same color as the text.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2024 at 6:02pm

$10 on eBay - print.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2024 at 6:20pm

There are a few on ABE and elsewhere for $10-$30 as facsimiles. Always do a Google image search, especially for something so suspect like this - no dedication/inscription, perfect placement and appearance, even spacing, and of course no crossover and the ink being the same color as the rest of the print.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on February 10, 2024 at 8:59pm

It's unfortunate....but is indeed a facsimile. He's a real tough one to find in authentic pre-World War II autographs. Secretarials are out there from this earlier period as well. He's much more common signing from the late 40s onward.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2024 at 9:01pm

I really enjoyed him in the film "Abandon Ship", a sort of "Lifeboat" on steroids.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on February 10, 2024 at 9:07pm

Here's mine of him as JESSE JAMES. The film was from 1938 but he signed this later as it's a 1951 Fox re-release publicity still. His signature style had also changed by this time:

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 10, 2024 at 9:09pm

Lovely image and good contrast on that one. I was trying to think of the other film I like with him - Witness for the Prosecution.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on February 11, 2024 at 10:31am

Both Ty Power and Robert Taylor never got within shouting distance of an Oscar nomination, but they were immensely popular.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on February 11, 2024 at 10:56am

There are definitely parallels between both.

Both had the reality of being locked into tightly controlled contracts.....Power with 20th Century Fox and Taylor with MGM.

Both studios in the 30s were capitalizing on their extraordinarily handsome looks and cast them in a lot of lightweight romance vehicles. They were also both popular in military themed films just before America's entry into WWII.

Both entered service in WWII and were off the screen for a good bit. Both came back more mature and looking for roles with more edge to them in the film noir era (eg. Taylor/UNDERCURRENT - Power / NIGHTMARE ALLEY).

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on February 13, 2024 at 12:48pm

Good observation. I always felt Nightmare Alley was Ty Power's best film.

I discovered that Robert Taylor preferred making Westerns. In fact, I much prefer his Westerns. He made some fine Westerns and he looked comfortable in the roles.