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LyricistBook Writer 1911–1969

Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era. Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in Camille (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Forces, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the television se…

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  • "Did you believe Her Cardboard Lover?" I asked. This was a snotty reference to a turkey with Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor that Cukor had directed just before he was shanghaied into the Army.ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • 35 Robert Taylor (1911–69) appeared in a wide range of films including the musical Broadway Melody of 1936 and the drama Waterloo Bridge (1940).ebooks/Unknown/Alan Jay Lerner_ A Lyricist's Letters - Unknown.txt
  • The cameras and flashlights were clicking and flashing in the lobby and just ahead of us were Robert Taylor in a rather formal topcoat and Barbara Stanwyck in jewels, also Eric Johnston, Irene Dunne and her husband, and the Samuel Goldwyns in similar conditions. “Must be going to a different party,” I whispered. Rini nodded, but she was s…ebooks/Willson, Meredith/And There I Stood with My Piccolo - Meredith Willson.txt
  • Tommaso) 3 321 Conrad, Robert Taylor 1 62, 543* Conrad of Naples (Conrad, Robert Taylor) 1 543 The Conscious Lovers (Steele, Richard) 4 550 illus. 4 549 synopsis 4 550 Consciousness (Iffland, August Wilhelm) 3 19 The Consequences of a Race (Supervielle, Jules) 4 583 The Consoler (Frank, Bruno) 2 187 The Conspiracy and the Tragedy of Charl…theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 5 (T-Z).txt

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