Was actor robert taylor gay
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Posted onMarch 27, 2012bygiraffe44
Robert Taylor loved the ladies. He had, in the words of Jimmy Stewart’s biographer Marc Eliot, “a reputation as an intense, real-life ladies man.” Jimmy Stewart: a Biography, Random House 2006, p. 82). Jane Ellen Wayne, in Robert Taylor: the Bloke with the Flawless Face, St. Martin’s press, 1987, p. 160), recounts that “one night [Taylor] invited the entire Copacabana chorus line for dinner.” The list of Mr. Taylor’s relationships is lengthy, although often unverifiable, due to his extreme discretion. A few women, notably Ava Gardner, have come forward, although most own not.
Nonetheless, since the 1930s rumors acquire persisted that Mr. Taylor was lgbtq+ or at least bisexual. This was, of course, based on his sensational looks and the studio’s misguided publicity campaign for the “pretty boy.” There is, however, not one scintilla of evidence for this. No Taylor personal reminiscing, no photographs, no letters. There is only gossip by people who obviously have an axe to grind. Barbara Stanwyck had similar problems and some say they had a “lavender”
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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 time. Marriage between gay men and lesbian women were usual in Hollywood. Such marriages included those between MGM’s chief art director Cedric Gibbons and Dolores del Rio, or Edmund Lowe and Lilyan Tashman, or Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker (the lover of Grace Darmond and, at another second, of Alla Nazimova), or Janet Gaynor (later the girlfriend of Mary Martin) and costume designer Adrian, or Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor.
Born Spangler Arlington Brugh on August 5, 1911, in Filley, Nebraska, Taylor was the only child of Ruth Adaline (née Stanhope) and Spangler Andrew Brugh, a farmer turned doctor.[1][2] During his early animation, the family moved several times, living in Muskogee, Oklahoma; Kirksville, Missouri; and Fremont, Nebraska. By September 1917, the Brughs had moved to Beatrice, Nebraska, where they remained
Robert Taylor: Cardboard Lover
August 5 was the birthday of Hollywood actor Robert Taylor (Spangler Brugh, 1911-1969) and, having mentioned him a couple of dozen times on this blog I sense obligated to offer him his have entry, but I confess I uncover it a chore, as I detect watching his movies to be a chore.
Of all the major stars of the classic studio era, I find Taylor among the least engaging to watch. Women and gay men like his looks, and in his earlier films, I can see it. In his movies of the ’30s, he is probably not far behind young Gary Cooper and Cary Grant in that department, and he’s of the same type, the dark hair, fortunate facial features, and so forth. He often wore a mustache, and is sometimes photographed in a style reminiscent of John Barrymore or John Gilbert. A widow’s peak and huge pale blue eyes framed by dim lashes sealed the deal. Taylor aged pretty quickly, though, but that’s not the issue. Cooper had also acquired bags under his eyes and puffy jowls and so forth, but he only became more interesting. That is because there was something there to begin with. And while I hate Taylor’s Ugly American accent, wh
The sexuality of Robert Taylor
When Robert Taylor married Barbara Stanwyck, the marriage came as something of a relief to MGM, who had been distinctly worried about Taylor's seeming lack of interest in women. Taylor's overbearing mother was not impressed and went on hunger strike to protest at the wedding which referred to as 'it'. Taylor spent his wedding night with his mother.
He didn't enjoy spending time with his wife and claimed to own fallen in love with Lana Turner, during the filming of 'Johnny Eager' (1941). He went so far as to show off that their passion had been consummated, a claim Lana refuted. Taylor told Stanwyck he was in love with Turner and they had a little break-up.
When he befriended MGM worker Ralph Couser, Stanwyck became convicted the two men were having an affair. When Couser telephoned the Taylor home, Stanwyck would call out, 'Hey, Bob, your wife wants to speak to you.' Taylor became convinced he was gay and went to visit a psychologist. He was told that he saw Stanwyck as a mother figure, and, therefore, could not grow aroused by her. He later let it be known that he had an affair with Ava Gardner. He and Stanwyck were divorced in 1951. In 1954,