| The October 31, 1968 edition of the Argus advertised the forgettable sequel to The Trouble with Angels, “Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows.” Did you see it? If you were an adult, you paid 55 cents, 12 through high school 30 cents, and, as a child, 20 cents. That was for the movie, and a cartoon short. Did you see it? Then you'll remember the plot. Oh boy! It was the “Super Mother Superior,’ Rosalind Russell as Mother Simplicia, versus the “Groovy Sister George,” played by Stella Stevens. Per imdb, there were cameos by Milton Berle, Arthur Godfrey, Van Johnson, and Susan Saint James. |  |
Robert Taylor in Death Valley Days This movie ALSO had a cameo by the former Spangler Arlington Brugh. Spangler was born in Filley in 1911 but grew up mainly in Beatrice. He went to Hollywood where he became the dark, handsome actor ROBERT TAYLOR.. He made it big in 1934 in “Magnificent Obsession” and then was in a variety of films. He was married to Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. During World War II, he was in the Naval Air Corps as a flight instructor. In 1966 he took over as host of Death Valley Days.
A young Robert Taylor In October 1968 – WHEN THIS MOVIE WAS SHOWING IN TABLE ROCK – Robert Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer (heavy smoker). He died the next year at age 57.
I remember talking about Robert Taylor to a woman who had met him.
She was at an American Legion banquet at the Table Rock Legion Hall. It was perhaps the year 2000. I don't remember her name, but she was with Elmer Klapka. He sat next to her and listened.
She said that she was a nurse in Beatrice, and had an older woman as a patient.
The woman said, "My son is coming to visit me. He is the actor Robert Taylor." Robert Taylor was very big then.
The young nurse laughed it off.
Then Robert Taylor showed up.
His mom told him how wonderful she had been treated at the hospital and as a thank you, he took three of them out dancing. Going to dances was very big then, almost as big as the movies. They dressed up and they had a wonderful wonderful time. He was a great dancer, and very kind.
And that was the story, all of it.
They didn't become good friends, stay in touch, or anything. She just met a handsome movie actor, went out for a magical night of dancing, and had wonderful memories of that star-spangled night. With the man who grew up as Spangler Brugh.
I wonder if she went to see "Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows" to see the older Robert Taylor, the one who would die within the year, many many years before her.
I remember talking about Robert Taylor to a woman who had met him.
She was at an American Legion banquet at the Table Rock Legion Hall. It was perhaps the year 2000. I don't remember her name, but she was with Elmer Klapka. He sat next to her and listened.
She said that she was a nurse in Beatrice, and had an older woman as a patient.
The woman said, "My son is coming to visit me. He is the actor Robert Taylor." Robert Taylor was very big then.
The young nurse laughed it off.
Then Robert Taylor showed up.
His mom told him how wonderful she had been treated at the hospital and as a thank you, he took three of them out dancing. Going to dances was very big then, almost as big as the movies. They dressed up and they had a wonderful wonderful time. He was a great dancer, and very kind.
And that was the story, all of it.
They didn't become good friends, stay in touch, or anything. She just met a handsome movie actor, went out for a magical night of dancing, and had wonderful memories of that star-spangled night. With the man who grew up as Spangler Brugh.
I wonder if she went to see "Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows" to see the older Robert Taylor, the one who would die within the year, many many years before her.