Robert Taylor Westerns

When introduced to the world as Greta Garbo’s young lover in Camille, Robert Taylor was promoted as the  “Male Garbo.” Movie after movie focused on Taylor’s Brill-creamed hair and flashing-teeth good looks, rather than any dramatic weight he had as an actor. Gnawed by his image as a romantic lead who swept stars Garbo, Joan Crawford and Vivien Leigh into his arms at the fade-out, Taylor pushed MGM for different kinds of roles. The first real career shift came in 1940, when he was cas