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Loy, Myrna

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US film actor. A self-confident, independent woman as well as a glamorous comedian, she was a new kind of Hollywood star in the 1930s. She played Nora Charles in the Thin Man series (1934–47) co-starring with William Powell . Her other films include The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Libeled Lady (1936), I Love You Again (1940), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). Loy was born in Montana. She danced in the chorus line at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, and began playing small roles in films, among them the silent version of Ben Hur (1926). She graduated to playing vamps, often Orientals, but got her big break when she was cast in The Thin Man , based on Dashiell Hammett 's novel. Her husband-and-wife sleuthing team with William Powell proved hugely popular and led to several sequels, and to her pairing with Powell in other films. In a 1936 poll she was voted ‘queen of the movies’ (Clark Gable was voted…
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American, born in Radersburg, Montana. Of Welsh ancestry, she moved to Los Angeles in 1919 and worked as a chorus girl before being spotted by Rudolph Valentino and signed to a film contract. She made her film debut in Pretty Ladies (1925) and survived the transition to sound, emerging as…
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Full text Article Loy, Myrna

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(born Aug. 2, 1905, Radersburg, Mont., U.S.—died Dec. 14, 1993, New York, N.Y.) U.S. film actress. She played bit parts in Hollywood movies before being cast as the exotic mistress in the 1925 production of Ben-Hur , which established her early film persona as a foreign vamp. She earned praise as…
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Full text Article 2 August 1905

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Full text Article Montana

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
State in northwestern USA, the most northerly Rocky Mountain state and the fourth largest state in the USA, bordered to the north by the Canadian provinces of British Columbia , Alberta , and Saskatchewan ; to the east by North Dakota and South Dakota ; to the south by Wyoming ; and to the southwest…
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Full text Article Furs

From Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed
see also Animals , Bodies , Clothes , Comforts , Heat , Wealth and Riches NICK CHARLES: “Aren't you hot in that?” NORA CHARLES: “Yes, I'm stifling. But it's so pretty.” William Powell doesn't understand why wife Myrna Loy is wearing a sumptuous full length mink coat indoors. The Thin Man (1934, …
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Full text Article Gifts and Giving

From Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed
see also Abilities and Capabilities , Births and Birthdays , Celebrations , Christmas , Friendships and Friends , Generosity , Kindness , Parties , Talents , Weddings ERNEST BROWN: “You're certainly givin’ me the time of my life.” TI... …
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(b. Feb. 1, 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, U.S.–d. Nov. 16, 1960, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) William Clark Gable, better known as simply Clark Gable, was an American film actor who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades. An enormously popular star during his lifetime, Gable…
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Full text Article Detectives and Deduction

From Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed
see also Crimes and Criminals , Discoveries , Logic , Police , Proofs , Reasons , Secrets , Understandings and Misunderstandings “I'd hate to wake up one morning and find the fortune I married you for was gone. Of course, I could always earn a living as a detective, but what worries me is, what are…
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Full text Article Births and Birthdays

From Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed
see also Age and Aging , Babies , Beginnings , Children and Childhood , Death and Dying , Families , Fathers , Life and Death , Lives and Living , Mothers , …
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