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WHEN the world catches up with Buck Rogers and our descendants open that time capsule to see what went on in the decadent Twentieth Century, I hope they find a picture of Robert Taylor so they can see what a movie star should look like. It doesn’t even have to be a good picture.
Come to think of it, Bob would make Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon look like pantywaists if he had all those rocket hot rods and flying belts instead of these mild motorcycles and airplanes to creep around in. But that comes under the heading of hobbies and stuff. Let’s start a little more slowly.
When I first moved my social security card to M-G-M, the idea of playing opposite Robert Taylor never occurred to me. That would be like playing bridge with
Culbertson! Then lady-luck decided to be my agent and I found myself in just that spot. Now I don’t know Mr. Culbertson but I’m sure I’d be scared stiff if we were using the same deck of cards.
Well, that’s the way I felt about splitting a script with Mr. Taylor — until I met him. If there’s a more unassuming star in the movie world he must play leads for Walt Disney. Bob upsets all calculations by considering his supporting actors first and himself last. He makes you feel completely at ease as though. — well, you were washing the dishes and he were wiping them. It’s that comfortable.
I hadn’t the slightest idea what to expect of Bob because actually my first bird’s-eye view of him put me en garde. Dick and I were just ( Continued on page 127)
Susan played opposite Bob in his last pre-Navy picture, “Song of Russia”