On May 8, 2014, I was honored to be a guest of the Tyrone Power family in Cincinnati, Ohio. The city was the birthplace of Tyrone Power III. This second centennial event on the nationwide tour was held at the historic 20th Century Theatre, a beautiful Art Deco theatre now converted into a live performance venue. The evening’s program was organized by Movie Memories.
There was a private reception in the lobby and upstairs where fans could chat with the Power family. Prior to the start of Blood and Sand, Taryn, Romina, and Ty all appeared together onstage to each answer a question from the moderator, Maria Ciaccia. After the film screening, there was a book signing for Romina’s Searching For My Father, Tyrone Power.
For me, this was my first time meeting Romina Power and Ty Power IV. It was great to be able to talk to them and to sit next to all three during the screening. The entire family has been kind and generous not only to me, but to all the fans who have come out to support the memory of their father.
~M.H.
With my mom and Ty outside the 20th Century Theatre.
(Photos courtesy of Sara Fenwick/Matthew C. Hoffman)
Tyrone Power in Rouben Mamoulian’s Blood and Sand (1941).
