Robert Taylor
Toronto Daily Star, August 23 1937
Robert Taylor (1911-1969), who was born Spencer Arlington Brugh, was known as "The Man With The Perfect Profile". He signed a seven-year contract with MGM in 1932, starting at $25 per week and rising to $2500 per week by 1936. During the Second World War, he served as a flying instructor. After the war, he was a strident anti-Communist.
At the time of this photograph, Taylor was dating Barbara Stanwyck; they married in 1939 and divorced in 1951. Taylor smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, which led to his developing the lung cancer that killed him.
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