Film Friday: «Magnificent Obsession» (1935)
To cele brate Robert Taylor's 105th birthday, which happens to be today, this week on "Film Friday" I bring you the film that made him an international superstar. Theatrical release poster Directed by John M. Stahl, Magnificent Obsession (1935) tells the story of Helen Hudson (Irene Dunne), the widow of a distinguished doctor and philanthropist who died because the hospital's only pulmotor was being used to revive Bobby Merrick (Robert Taylor), a sp oiled millionaire playboy who was drunk at the time he nearly drowned. Bobby , a medical student, falls in love with Helen at first sight, but she angrily rejects his romantic advances, as she holds him responsible for her husband's death. One night, Bobby gets drunk and is given refuge by a scul ptor named Randolph (R a l ph Morgan), one of the many be nef iciaries of Dr. Hudson's money. Randolph reve als to Bobby that the la te doctor had a philosophy: to help people in utter secrecy and never tak...