Ivanhoe, 1952, Is Playing on TCM on January 8, 2022 (USA)

Ivanhoe, 1952 is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, January 8 at 2:30 p.m.est.

Ivanhoe was one of the most successful films of the year and brought in over $10 million at the box office, about $89,823,018.87 in 2015.

RT4867 — Robert Taylor and Liz Taylor in Ivanhoe.

Wonderful movie! This film is an exciting adventure-romance which never once loses its pace or feel. Robert Taylor brings depth to a potentially dull lead character. Jean Fontaine is great as his love, the Lady Rowenna. Elizabeth Taylor, though, steals the show with her stunning portrayal of Rebecca of York! This film has aged very well and shows first-hand to a young generation just why Elizabeth Taylor was such a star.

Although this film is an extremely enjoyable adventure, it also has the guts to tackle some complicated issues and resolve them in a very non-Hollywood fashion. As Ivanhoe feels his love for the beautiful Rebecca grow will he defy convention and pursue the lovely Jewish girl or remain with the safe charms of the blond, Anglo-Saxon Rowena? The answer is intelligently handled and surprising. This film is one of the greatest examples of the classic adventure. Review by David Arbury for the IMDB

Here are a few behind the scenes photos:

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I became a Robert Taylor fan at the age of 15 when his TV show, "The Detectives" premiered. My mother wanted to watch it because she remembered Mr. Taylor from the thirties. I took one look and that was it. I spent the rest of my high school career watching Robert Taylor movies on late night TV, buying photos of him, making scrapbooks and being a typical teenager. College, marriage and career intervened. I remember being sad when Mr. Taylor died. I mailed two huge scrapbooks to Ursula Thiess. I hope she got them. Time passed, retirement, moving to Florida. Then in 2012 my husband Fred pointed that there were two Robert Taylor movies that evening on Turner Classic Movies--"Ivanhoe" and "Quentin Durward." I watched both and it happened all over again. I started this blog both for fans and for people who didn't know about Robert Taylor. As the blog passes 200,000 views I'm delighted that so many people have come by and hope it will help preserve the legacy of this fine actor and equally good man.

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3 Responses to Ivanhoe, 1952, Is Playing on TCM on January 8, 2022 (USA)

James says:

January 4, 2022 at 1:07 pm

Elizabeth Taylor was badly miscast.

It’s hardly surprising the film was a major success. Few people in the UK had television until 1953, and so any epic film in Technicolor would have been an attraction. Today a film like this would be made for television, not the cinema.

It is very strange how Elizabeth Taylor downplayed her support for Israel so much in later years.

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giraffe44 says:

January 4, 2022 at 6:28 pm

I think that MGM was trying to make films that would not look good on tv. As I remember, tv was only black and white in 1952-3 so Ivanhoe wouldn’t do well. As for Ms. Taylor, she would become a much better actress as time went by. Judith

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- James says:
  
  January 4, 2022 at 9:10 pm
  
  It is strange how Ivanhoe was only meant to be in his 20s, yet he looked well into his 40s in this version.
  
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