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You Would Have Liked Him

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Beaver County Times (PA) June 12, 1969 Robert Taylor’s Eulogy Is of Taylor the Man Hollywood(UPI). You’d have liked and admired Robert Taylor, the man. He epitomized an era of motion pictures: a time in the 30s, 40s and 50s … Continue reading

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Robert Taylor, Belly Dancer??

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I just ran across this in an article and can’t resist passing it along.  Oh, for a picture. From Samir Rafaat, “Cinema Metro,” Cairo Times (unedited version),  Thursday, May 15, 1997.  In 1955, Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker attended the … Continue reading

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What his peers said (part 3)

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Alexander, Linda J. Reluctant Witness: Robert Taylor, Hollywood, and Communism. Tease Publishing, LLC, 2008. Quirk, Lawrence. The Films of Robert Taylor. Lyle Stuart, 1979. Thiess, Ursula. …but I have promises to keep. XLibris Corporation, 2007. Tranberg, Charles. Robert Taylor: a … Continue reading

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Magnificent Obsession Remastered

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I just got my copy of the Criterion Collection’s two DVD set of Magnificent Obsession, containing both the 1935 and 1954 versions.  I had watched the Taylor version previously on the internet and the picture and sound quality were awful.  … Continue reading

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1933 Screen Test

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On May 5, 1933 Robert Taylor made a screen test at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. He was dressed in a Roman (not quite Quo Vadis) costume. The original caption for the pictures is: This is what producer Sam Goldwyn saw when … Continue reading

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