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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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There are apparently a number of different prints of Ambush, 1950, floating around. The last time Turner Classic Movies showed the film it was a quite different version from those I had seen before. There was a forward showing a … Continue reading →
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Most of this article strikes me as fanciful but it’s fun to read and indicative of how celebrity “news” was written in 1940. From Movie World, Australia 3/23/40 from Christine Webb, in Hollywood Difficult to believe that this lovely, demure … Continue reading →
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Valley of the Kings, 1954, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m. Closed captioned. Mark Brandon, the ruggedly handsome archaeologist played by Robert Taylor is thought to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones. This … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actor, adventure, Bible, camels, Carlos Thompson, celebrities, drama, Egypt, Eleanor Parker, entertainment, gentleman, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, Joseph, Kurt Kazsnar, love triangle, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Robert Taylor, romance, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Valley of the Kings, Victor Jory
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Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday April 2 at 6:00 a.m. Closed captioned. The film cost $1,588,000 and made a profit of $271,000 or $4,609,188.57 in today’s money. Broadway Melody of 1938 is one … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1930s, acting, actor, Binnie Barnes, Broadway Melody of 1938, Buddy Ebsen, celebrities, Charley Grapewin, Eleanor Powell, entertainment, evening clothes, gentleman, George Murphy, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, Igor Gorin, Judy Garland, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, nacio herb brown, Raymond Walburn, Robert Benchley, Robert Taylor, romance, Sophie Tucker, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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Please note: I had the time of this wrong. It is 11:30 a.m. not 1:30 a.m. Song of Russia, 1943, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday March 31 at 11:30 a.m. est. Closed captioned. Song of Russia is … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actor, adventure, celebrities, drama, entertainment, glamor, Golden Era, hollywood, HUAC, MGM, movie stars, Robert Taylor, Russia, Song of Russia, Susan Peter, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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