100th BIRTHDAY
AMERICAN ACTOR
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BORN: August 5, 1911, Filley, Nebraska
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DIED: June 8, 1969, Santa Monica, California
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CAUSE OF DEATH: Lung cancer
DANCING WITH ROBERT TAYLOR
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Robert Taylor’s 100th Birthday
Friday, August 5th, 2011Happy 2010!
Thursday, December 31st, 2009HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wishing everyone around the world a happy and prosperous New Year from Hollywoodland
Happy New Year
gelukkig nieuw jaar
nouvelle année heureuse
glückliches neues Jahr
καλή χρονιά
nuovo anno felice
عام جديد سعيد
Gott nytt år
ano novo feliz
счастливое Новый Год
Feliz Año Nuevo
manigong bagong taon
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Click below to watch Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh dance the Farewell Waltz to the tune of Auld Lang Syne from “Waterloo Bridge” (1940)
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Stars Paid to Smoke…
Thursday, September 25th, 2008FILM HISTORY
Hollywood ‘paid fortune to smoke’
Tobacco firms paid huge amounts for endorsements from the stars of Hollywood’s “Golden Age”.
BBC News
September 25, 2008
Industry documents released following anti-smoking lawsuits reveal the extent of the relationship between tobacco and movie studios.
One firm paid more than $3m in today’s money in one year to stars.
Researchers writing in the Tobacco Control journal said “classic” films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s still helped promote smoking today.
Virtually all of the biggest names of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s were involved in paid cigarette promotion, according to the University of California at San Francisco researchers.
They obtained endorsement contracts signed at the times to help them calculate just how much money was involved.
According to the research, stars prepared to endorse tobacco included Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Bette Davis and Betty Grable. (click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)
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Robert Wagner’s Secret Affair…
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008CELEBRITY NEWS
Robert Wagner reveals love affair with Stanwyck
Lionel Stander, Stefanie Powers, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Wagner at the Emmys in 1983
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Wagner’s marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret — until now. In his new memoir ”Pieces of My Heart,” Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as Stella Dallas and Double Indemnity.
