… I got a couple of inquiries about how small ‘small’ was when I described Tom and Delores’ wedding. This is it. The wedding party AND the wedding guests. All in this one picture…
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Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor were married on October 16, 1954, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a church with just a few friends and family present. Very few. Tom was…
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The first is the furniture repossession scene that takes place in a mall parking lot. Tom is on the crane lining up the shot with Jack Marta, the cinematographer AND, if you look close Christina - which explains why Delores (back to us in the hat) is paying such close attention.
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Delores Taylor on a press junket somewhere in the Midwest for Billy Jack. There are lots of photos. Delores did radio shows, TV shows, there was a luncheon, and some type of gift or award.
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We’re finding out what the event would have been that had Delores looking so beautiful. It seems there were a lot of events planned in Winner, South Dakota, Delores’ home town. But this one had to be…
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Since I put up a bunch of pictures of Tom from around senior year in high school, I figured I need to put up some pictures of Delores, but found some very cute ones outside of the same age range.
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Mom and Dad (Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor) had become friends with Marlon Brando when Marlon’s son, Christian, attended the Montessori school our folks ran in Santa Monica. (Christian and TC became friends and TC often went over to the Brando’s after school. Marlon LOVED TC and insisted he be TC’s Godmother.) What does Marlon Brando have to do with…
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September 27th is both TC Laughlin’s birthday and Delores Taylor’s. They both were born on the same day (a few years apart)! What are the chances. We hope both TC and Delores have a wonderful birthday!
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After Billy is bitten by the snake - and (spoiler alert) lives - he comes back to pass along the message he received in the vision following the bite. Billy talks of reaching through the ‘thin veil’ that separates the material world from the spirit world. What Tom didn’t know when he created and scripted ‘Billy Jack’ were the incredible…
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OK. I've gone crazy. Three posts already today. But you'll understand when you see what I've found... This is one of the original commercials created by Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) for the 1973 re-release of his film 'Billy Jack' (the film was originally released...
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