Taylor’s flair for comedy was allowed escape when in 1938 he co-starred with Vivien Leigh in A Yank in Oxford. Holding the record for the longest contract in MGM from 1934-1958, Taylor outlasted ‘The King’ Gable).
Johns after Clark Gable (Taylor remained dubbed ‘The Man with the Perfect Profile’ by MGM’s publicity head Howard Strickling until the demise of the studio system. The magnetic film star made his first screen test for Sam Goldwyn in 1933 which was reportedly unmemorable, but MGM saw enough promise to groom him as a screen presence.Īfter memorable leading roles in Society Doctor (1935) and 1936’s Camille (which is 33 on the American Film Institute list of Best Romances), Taylor was named ‘Second King of Hollywood’ by columnist Adela Rogers St. It has been coldly modernized into something very factual … For some of us who were fortunate enough to have been a part of the Golden Age, however, the memory lingers on.” – Robert Taylor (in Variety Magazine, 1966).Ĭharles Tranberg’s new biography of Robert Taylor ( Robert Taylor: A Biography) presents a good opportunity to take another look at the career of one of the brightest stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
“There was a style of living and making motion pictures which no longer exists.
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