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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.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 44,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →
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Recently I watched a 1949 film “The Barkleys of Broadway” with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. During the film the Barkleys host a photo shoot for Look Magazine at their home. The Barkleys were at loggerheads at this point and … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actor, aviation, aviator, Barbara Stanwyck, Barkleys of Broadway, celebrities, entertainment, flying, Fred Astaire, gentleman, Ginger Rogers, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, marriage, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Mr. Taylor, photo session, Robert Taylor, romance, U.S. Navy
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It’s been a tough week for Robert Taylor’s leading ladies: first Eleanor Parker then Audrey Totter died. Now Joan Fontaine has passed away at the age of 96. The following is adapted from a mini-bio Ms. Fontaine by Denny Jackson … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, California, celebrities, death, drama, Elizabeth Taylor, entertainment, Fontaine, glamor, Golden Era, hollywood, Ivanhoe, Joan Burfield, Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, MGM, movie stars, Olivia de Havilland, oscars, Rebecca, Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, romance
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Audrey Totter was under contract to MGM from 1944 to 1951. Her specialty was playing hard edged, fast talking women in various films noir. When the genre went out of favor, she tried to expand into other parts but had … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actress, Audrey Totter, celebrities, death, drama, entertainment, fans, film noir, gentleman, Golden Era, High Wall, hollywood, mental hospital, MGM, movie stars, Mr. Taylor, murder, psychiatry, Robert Taylor, suspense
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Eleanor Parker, a star of film, television and the Broadway stage died on December 9, 2013 of complications from pneumonia. Born on June 26, 1922, she was ninety one years old. Ms. Parker had appeared in roughly 80 films, TV … Continue reading →
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Tagged Above and Beyond, acting, actor, adventure, Ann Mercedes, Bushrod Gentry, Carlos Thompson, celebrities, drama, Eleanor Parker, entertainment, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, Kurt Kasznar, Lucey Tibbets, Many Rivers To Cross, Mary Stuart Cherne, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Paul Tibbets, Robert Taylor, romance, Ursula Thiess, Valley of the Kings, Victor McLaglen
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