Robert Taylor for A Yank At Oxford, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Laszlo Willinger, Hungarian, 1909 - 1989
1937
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 1/2 × 10 in. (31.8 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.1991
Printer
John Kobal Foundation Limited
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Top-left stamped in black and filled-in with graphite, "DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. Name 'Taylor, Robert' Received Used" Top-right corner stamped in purple, "PLEASE CREDIT M-G-M PHOTO BY WILLINGER" "5356" "5356" White label affixed to center, typed, "STAR IN REEL LIFE, RANCHER IN REAL LIFE...that is the story of Robert Taylor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star who passes his working days at the studio and his free days at his Tarzana ranch where he raises breeding and racing horses. Taylor now is in London for M-G-M's first English production, 'Yank at Oxford'. This study was made by Willinger, noted Viennese photographer, who was recently brought to Hollywood by M-G-M after a dozen years of photographing all the celebrities in Europe"
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