Category Archives: Biography

Items relating to Robert Taylor’s life.

Robert Taylor Trivia: Stanwyck & Taylor Christmas Cards

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These cards were for sale recently on eBay.  The seller dates them from the 1960s but I think 1951-53 is much more likely at least for the Taylor card because those are the years Mr. Taylor was divorced.  He married … Continue reading

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Barbara Finds Contentment

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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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Remembering Ralph Moratz 1931-2016

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I only knew Ralph Moratz online. He was very gracious about answering questions and we corresponded about his experiences with Robert Taylor and his opinion of Mr. Taylor. Ralph Moratz died on March 10, 2016 at the age of 84.  … Continue reading

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Remembering Nancy Reagan and a Great Friendship

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Nancy Reagan’s death this week brought to mind the close friendship between Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Robert Taylor and Ursula Thiess. Ronald Reagan and Robert Taylor lived parallel lives for decades.  Both were midwesterners, both college educated, both successful … Continue reading

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It’s A Wonderful Life–Says Robert Taylor, 1958

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It’s a Wonderful Life—Says Robert Taylor, 1958 There is one man in the world who has lived, vicariously, through every phase of world history. He survived the persecution of the Christians in Rome. He was a valiant knight riding a … Continue reading

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