Ruth “Film” Taylor

Ruth “Film” Taylor (1905 or 1908-1984) by Eugene Robert Richee (1896-1972), before a background by Claire Van Scoy (1885-1968). 

Just as William “Stage” Boyd worked at the same time as William “Film” Boyd, there was a Ruth Taylor featured in the 1918 and 1919 ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, just a few years before there was a Ruth Taylor in films. They are easy to mix up, but the film Ruth Taylor was born in 1905 (or 1908), so just a child of ten or thirteen in 1918.

This 1931 New York Times headline refers to Ruth “Stage” Taylor: “FINANCIER IS SUED BY EX-FOLLIES GIRL; Ruth Taylor Asks $600,000 Damages From J.R. Harbeck for Breach of Promise. SHE GOT $200,000 IN GIFTS And He Paid Expenses of $50,000 a Year for Six Years, She Asserts, Awaiting His Divorce.”