Tyrone Power

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This book contains the first of a Series of lives on the players which I have undertaken to write, with the design of recording and commemorating, chiefly if not exclusively, the achievements of important actors now living. I have chosen tyrone power as the subject of the first of these projected biographies because his life has been one of exceptionally interesting adventure, in some respects as romantic as even that of Edmund Kean, - and for the still more persuasive reason that the example provided by his resolute perseverance against many and stalwart obstacles and his patient endurance of much and grievous hardship and disappointment has enlisted my sympathy as one that is worthy to be commended to respect and emulation. Inquiry and observance relative to his career have shown me that he has continuously cherished a high ideal of the actor's art, and sedulously wished and labored to do fine things, to merit a high rank, to dignify the Theatre, and to benefit Society, and therefore I believe him to be one of the actors of this transitional period who especially deserve to be cheered, encouraged, and celebrated.