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Linda, You handled this very well & clarifed to the co-hosts that Bob's testimony was reluctant, he did not call anyone a Communist, & it was entirely separate from the infamous McCarthy hearings in the early 50s. I got the impression from your book that he was asked to run for Governor of California (not President) before Ronald Reagan was asked but turned it down (as you explained in your book & reiterated in your interview) because of his failing health & the additional bad p… Continue

Thanks, Alejandra, for another interesting contribution. Bob wasn't even 25 when this article was published, so we must consider his youth and limited experience when he wrote it. Except for the death of his father a few years before, his life had gone very smoothly. He would have a lot of negative, as well as positive, experiences in the years that followed, which caused him to develop the humility for which he was so well-known. Continue

Bryan, TCM in Sydney must have a different schedule. Like Margaret Gaffney, I found the whole day dedicated to Harold Lloyd's movies (and to make it more aggravating, they have featured him at least once before on Summer Under the Stars.) Their VP of programming did tell me via email that they would feature Bob Taylor next year either as part of Summer Under the Stars of as a Star of the Month. I hope it will be as Star of the Month as they could show more of his movies. And it would be just my… Continue

I just received my copy of TCM's "Now Playing" magazine for August. Although I was told by their senior vice president of programming several months ago that Bob Taylor would not be included in "Summer Under the Stars" (for the 7th year in a row; nor to my knowledge, was he given the honor of being selected "Star of the Month" at any time during the 6 years I have been able to receive TCM), I was still shocked to see some of the names that were selected, including Sterling Hayden, Merle Oberon,… Continue