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The posts I have read on this great site says an awful lot not only about the loyalty of Robert Taylors fans, but also of the kind of people who already were fans, and those who are still discovering this great actor. The tone of respect in the comments I read seem to belong to a much earlier generation, and while obviously some are, others are not. I'm forty seven myself and I've been a fan for twenty years!....No!...I think the people who become Robert Taylor fans, have something in common wit… Continue

Like all move fans I love reading biographies and sometimes some pretty funny items come to light. For instance despite his movie image as the perfect English gentleman, Cary Grant came from a very rough part of London and his perfect manners and diction were acquired when he became an actor. However he never lost his liking for simple jokes and amusing rhymes and the following little "Limerick" was in fact his favorite piece of "poetry". When they gave me a box of toy soldiers I threw all the g… Continue

I have loved movies since I was a kid and among my favorites are old time action men like John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and so on. Although Robert Taylor's career coincided with the careers of these actors, for me at least he was not in the same class, in fact he was better. What has always struck me about Robert Taylor and the reason why I will always watch his movies is the dignity and sense of decency he brought to all his movie roles. He could never have played a convincing bad gu… Continue