Reluctant Witness: Robert Taylor, Hollywood, & Communism

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Above and Beyond (1952)
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Linda Alexander Nov 5.

How I became a fan of Robert Taylor
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Linda Alexander replied to Birdy's discussion 'Waterloo Bridge (1940)'

Kat: I can't tell you exactly what Bob Taylor's MB rating would've been but as his biographer, I can respond to a few of your questions. He was not in any way a slob--he liked things nice & neat, most everything had a place. He was meticulous in ...

November 5

kat replied to Birdy's discussion 'Waterloo Bridge (1940)'

Watching this film right now on TCM... which of course led imdb and then your site. Wonderful site. Thank you for all your work and especially for the pictures of his wife and children. Its nice to know they turned out so wonderful. I was struck ...

November 5

Alana replied to Birdy's discussion 'How I became a fan of Robert Taylor'

I became a huge fan of Mr. Taylor's rather recently. The first movie of his that I saw was "Waterloo Bridge" and I'm hooked. Not only was he ridiculously handsome but a great actor, too. I'm really glad that this site exists and that I found it.

October 22

Birdy and SusanaG are now friends

September 30

SusanaG replied to Birdy's discussion 'How I became a fan of Robert Taylor'

Hello there, After lurking around for a while, I finally decided to become a member of this lovely community of Robert Taylor fans. Firstly, I'd like to thank Linda for this site and everything she's been doing for so many years to maintain the ...

September 27

akina commented on Birdy's video '"Escape" - a fan video'

Barbara is a strong woman.

August 26

Bryan Aherne commented on Birdy's video '"Escape" - a fan video'

Thanks for finding this Gabi!!!

August 5

mario63 replied to Birdy's discussion 'Above and Beyond (1952)'

For me, Above and Beyond is in the Top 5 of Robert Taylor´s greatest films, along with other great perfomances in films like Bataan, Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis and Rogue Cop. If he ever deserved and Oscar for his job sure with his perfomance of Co...

August 3

Margaret Gaffney replied to Birdy's discussion 'Above and Beyond (1952)'

I just recently got the DVD of this movie and enjoy it every time. The emotions are so real that you can understand the decision to be the pilot to drop an atomic bomb was not easy. From the beginning to the end this picture holds up I think as on...

July 30

Tim Mc CAFFREY commented on Birdy's video '"Escape" - a fan video'

What a great video..and the music matches it perfectly, excellent!

July 26

Tim Mc CAFFREY commented on Birdy's video '"Escape" - a fan video'

What a great video...and the music matches it perfectly, excellent!

July 26

Birdy added a video

"Escape" - a fan video

I can't really say, that I am a fan of Barbara (I admit to have a lot of prejudices, maybe), but I like this fan-made video about Bob and Barbara very much. It shows a love between them, which must have existed once indeed... at least at the begin...

July 22

Linda Alexander replied to Birdy's discussion 'Above and Beyond (1952)'

Bob's taller & better-looking ... but they got the widow's peak right on target. ; >

July 15

Alejandra replied to Birdy's discussion 'Above and Beyond (1952)'

Thank you Birdy for posting the links. Yes! It's Mrs Brugh in person! I had problems the last saturday when I decided to post these clips, because Youtube desynchronized my videos every time that I wanted to upload them. I finally gave up. The fir...

July 15

Bryan Aherne replied to Birdy's discussion 'Above and Beyond (1952)'

Hi Birdy Above and Beyond is a favourite of mine, theres plenty of raw emotion with Eleanor Parker, its tension in military sense make it a great Bob Taylor movie

July 14

Linda Alexander replied to Birdy's discussion 'Waterloo Bridge (1940)'

An extraordinary film. Today I posted a film collage for this movie from YouTube, using "Auld Lang Syne" as background music. The way they used shadows & camera angles, as a B&W film, was artistically beautiful. Poetic almost. Bob Taylor mentione...

July 14

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near the birthplace of Queen Charlotte

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Robert Taylor - of course

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Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Gone with the wind, Robin Hood

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Star Trek (from the 60ies), Little house on the prairie

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At 6:30am on July 5, 2009, Jenny said…: Hi! Thank you for your nice comment and your uploadings! :)
Auf Wiedersehen!
Jenny

At 5:03pm on July 1, 2009, Alejandra said…: Hello Gabriela:

Thanks again for your thoughtful words and for your congratulations for my channel. I know some people understimate him as actor but I think this people only repeat what others say instead of exercising its own criteria and these other ones only know a minimum part of his vast filmography. Most of people only know his biggest hits, and I must say that box-office success is not synonymous of great movie or great performance, not in the case of Taylor at least. I created my channel precisely in order to show his acting abilities through some clips, I want people to know him better. I don't post whole movies because I want to encourage people to buy his movies, to suggest his movies for viewing and for a DVD release. And I'm very happy about that because many interested people from different countries contacted me asking how to get his movies. That's exactly what I'm looking for with my channel. I regret to hear you don't have TCM because for many is the only way to see not only Taylor movies but also classic movies.
When people tell me they can't get his movies via amazon or ebay I suggest them to contact user mamavegas (he/she has all of his movies) from ioffer.com:
http://www.ioffer.com/users/mamavegas
..or I send them my copies.
Regarding his acting skills there is much to say. It's a good subject for a new discussion isn't it?

Liebe grüße aus Argentinien!

At 10:40pm on June 30, 2009, Alejandra said…: Sorry for my late reply. I have problems with my internet connection. Thank you for your generous comment and thanks for adding me as friend. Now I'm going to see the amazing pictures uploaded for you and the other fans. See you later and thanks again!

At 9:27am on June 28, 2009, Erika Müller said…: Hallo Birdy, danke für Deinen lieben Grüße. Hatte schon nicht mehr daran geglaubt, solch eine Seite im Internet zu finden bzw. dass es auch noch andere Robert Taylor-Fans in Deutschland gibt. Wusstest Du, dass im Juli mehrere Film von ihm im deutschen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt werden? Nicht die üblichen wie Ivenhoe sondern: Geheimaktion Carlotta, Die Kameliendame u. Verwegene Gegner. Grüße aus Bayern ........

At 4:26pm on May 18, 2009, mymm said…: Thank you for the welcome message. And I must say I spent a great deal of time today looking at photos on your photobucket page. ;p