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Movie stars of the Golden Age were often photographed with props. The props ranged from sensible, having something to do with a film, to silly. In the silly, or at least puzzling category are ladders, duck decoys, monkeys and globes. … Continue reading
“Three Comrades” (1938) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Fri, June 27, 2014 09:00 AM est. Closed captioned.
Margaret Sullavan, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone and Robert Young in “Three Comrades.”
New York Times Review (summary): Based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades represented one of the few successful screenwriting efforts of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in Germany in the years just following World War I, the film stars Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone and Robert Young as three battle-weary, thoroughly disillusioned returning soldiers. The three friends pool their savings and open an auto-repair shop, and it is this that brings them in contact with wealthy motorist Lionel Atwill–and with Atwill’s lovely travelling companion Margaret Sullavan. Taylor begins a romance with Sullavan, who soon joins the three comrades, making the group a jovial, fun-seeking foursome Though Sullavan suffers from tuberculosis (her shady past is only alluded to), she is encouraged by her male companions to fully enjoy what is left of her life. This becomes increasingly difficult when one of the comrades, Young, is killed during a political riot (it’s a Nazi riot, though not so-labelled by ever-careful MGM). In the end, the four comrades are only two in number, with nothing but memories to see them through the cataclysmic years to come. Despite its Hollywoodized bowdlerization of the Remarque original, Three Comrades remains a poignant, haunting experience. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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This is an article from a magazine called Hollywood Then and Now from 1991. The author seems to be somewhat ambivalent about Robert Taylor. He says really nice things and then goes on to say something negative. The spelling and … Continue reading
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Before Justin Bieber, before the Beatles, before Elvis Presley, there was Robert Taylor. In the 1930s and 40s young women mobbed him everywhere he went, even pulling off his clothes. When he was in full uniform during World War … Continue reading
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1930’s Movie Magazines During the 1930’s, Robert Taylor’s face was everywhere. He beamed from every newsstand in black and white and living color. Most of the images were romantic and emphasized his good looks but a few differed. The one … Continue reading
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