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Valley of the Kings in Color

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This is another of my favorite Robert Taylor flicks.  It’s not great art, just a solid adventure story from 1954 with a cast led by old pros Taylor and Eleanor Parker. The photography is admirable with many scenes filmed at … Continue reading

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A Man’s View of Young Robert Taylor

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Collier’s Magazine October 3, 1936 Heart Bumper By Kyle Crichton The ways of Hollywood are inscrutable. They discover a young guy who is so handsome the hearts of the dolls give a twit! and turn over and play dead and … Continue reading

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Thirties Glamor in “The Crowd Roars” (1938)

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Robert Taylor was a fine actor, a man of integrity and a nice guy.  He was also drop dead handsome.  Lloyd Nolan was only one of the colleagues who observed that Mr. Taylor never appreciated the advantage his looks gave … Continue reading

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Nice Guys Finish First–Gable and Taylor

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It’s a cliche of our time that highly successful people are arrogant and ruthless.  Although there are all too many examples of this, nice guys really do finish first.  Clark Gable and Robert Taylor could have been bitter rivals–both jockeying … Continue reading

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The Down Side to Being a Superstar

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Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Hysterical Women Mob Film Stars At Premiere At London Theatre LONDON, March 27, 1947.-Film stars Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck and Paulette Goddard were mobbed by 5000 hysterical women in Leicester Square last … Continue reading

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