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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.
One of my Robert Taylor friends passed this along. Many thanks: Here’s an upcoming Taylor film on the Fox Movie Channel (instead of the usual TCM) on Wednesday, June 3, at 8:30 a.m Eastern time. This Is My Affair – … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1930s, acting, actor, Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, celebrities, drama, entertainment, evening clothes, gentleman, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Robert Taylor, romance, This Is My Affair; Victor McLaglen
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We know little about Robert Taylor’s life in the Navy. There were no journalists following him around to record his life and snag interviews. His three years in the Navy seemed to have changed Mr. Taylor profoundly–he went in still … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actor, adventure, Barbara Stanwyck, celebrities, Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, flying, gentleman, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, Lyndon B. Johnson, Max Baer, MGM, Naval Air Force, Naval Air Station, Navy, Robert Taylor, the United States Navy
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Bataan (1943) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Sunday May 24 on Turner Classic Movies at 2:00 pm est. Closed captioned. This is one of the best war films of its era, and it is actually less anti-Japanese than … Continue reading →
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Tagged acting, actor, adventure, atrocities, Back to Bataan, Bataan, courage, Desi Arnaz, drama, George Murphy, gritty, heroism, Japanese, John Wayne, Kenneth Spencer, Lloyd Nolan, Pacific Theater, Robert Taylor, Robert Walker, Tay Garnett, TCM, Thomas Mitchell, tough, Turner Classic Movies, World War II
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Small Town Girl (1936) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Wed, May 20, 2015 07:15 AM est. Closed captioned. For most of her career Janet Gaynor did nothing but play small town girls, the best known being Esther Blodgett. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1930s, 1936, acting, actor, adventure, Binnie Barnes, Boston, celebrities, doctors, drama, drinking, entertainment, evening clothes, gentleman, glamor, Golden Era, handsome, hollywood, honeymoon, Isabel Jewell, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Lewis Stone, love, Magnificent Obsession, marriage, matinee idol, MGM, movie stars, Mr. Taylor, playboy, Robert Taylor, romance, small town, Small Town Girl, Turner Classic Movies
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Quentin Durward (1955) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Mon, May 18, 2015 12:00 AM est. Closed captioned. *NOTE*:A TCM programming day begins at 6:00am EST on the calendar day listed and runs to 5:59am EST in the morning … Continue reading →
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Tagged 15th century france, actor, chivalry, entertainment, George Cole, glamor, handsome, humor, Kay Kendall, knight in shining armor, Louis XI, Marius Goring, matinee idol, movie stars, Quentin Durward, Richard Thorpe, Robert Morley, Robert Taylor, sir walter scott, swashbuckling, TCM, thrilling, Turner Classic Movies
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