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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.
Bataan (1943) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday, June 13 at 12 noon est. Closed captioned. This is an extremely intense picture, made when nobody knew for sure how the war would end. Well worth watching. This is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Back to Bataan, Bataan, Desi Arnaz, George Murphy, heroism, Japanese, Kenneth Spencer, Lloyd Nolan, Pacific Theater, Robert Taylor, Robert Walker, Tay Garnett, TCM, Thomas Mitchell, Turner Classic Movies, World War II
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Robert Taylor died on June 8, 1969 in St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California. Decades of chain smoking had given him lung cancer. His ashes are interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California. Mr. Taylor left behind 77 … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, Barry Nelson, Conrad Veidt, Edward Arnold, Escape, Johnny Eager, Lana Turner, norma shearer, Philip Dorn, Robert Taylor, Turner Classic Movies, Ursula Thiess, van heflin
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Cattle King, 1963 is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Tuesday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. est. Not closed captioned. Cattle King is the last film Robert Taylor made under his MGM contract. His full-time contract had ended in 1959 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cattle King, Golden Era, hollywood, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Ray Teal, Robert Loggia, Robert Middleton, Robert Taylor, Terry Taylor, Tessa Taylor, Ursula Thiess, William Windom
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For some reason Turner Classic Movies likes to celebrate Robert Taylor on June 5, which is neither his birthday (August 5) or the date of his death (June 8). So here’s a terrific opportunity to see Mr. Taylor in many … Continue reading →
Small Town Girl, 1936, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, June 1 at 6:00 a.m. est. Not closed captioned. For most of her career Janet Gaynor did nothing but play small town girls, the best known being Esther … Continue reading →
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Tagged Binnie Barnes, doctors, Golden Era, hollywood, Isabel Jewell, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Lewis Stone, Magnificent Obsession, MGM, Mr. Taylor, Robert Taylor, Small Town Girl, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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