Monthly Archives: April 2012

Joan Crawford Talks About Bob Taylor

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I recently ran across this on Joan Crawford: the Best of Everything, a site every Joan Crawford fan should visit.  I highly doubt Crawford had anything to do with it.  It reads like a publication of the MGM publicity department, … Continue reading

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A Happy Man

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In the summer of 1961 LIFE Magazine sent well-known photographer Dmitri Kessel to photograph the Taylor family at their cabin in Wyoming.  Although apparently not used as a cover, the photos are an extraordinarily charming look at a man at … Continue reading

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Robert Taylor, Veteran

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The article below and the poem following it are reproduced here with the gracious permission of Major Van E. Harl, USAF Ret.  Major Harl, who shares a Revolutionary War ancestor with Robert Taylor, is the author and copyright holder of … Continue reading

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“The Perfect Face” in the 1930s

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Here are some of the many, many faces of the young Robert Taylor in the 1930s.

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Born To Be an Idol

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The Milwaukee Journal, October 13, 1935 Born To Be an Idol Robert Taylor Needs Neither Brains Nor Skill to Start Toward Stardom on Screen but He Uses Them Anyway Did you ever play the lead in an amateur show? Or … Continue reading

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