Myrna Loy : the only good girl in Hollywood /

From the beginning, Myrna Loy's screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. "Who is she?" was a question posed in the first fan magazine article published about her in 1925. This first ever biography of the wry and sophisticated actress best known for her role as Nor...

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Main Author: Leider, Emily Wortis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
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505 0 |a The climb -- Not your typical Helena girl -- Life without father -- Enter Myrna Loy -- Warner Bros.' exotic vixen -- Breakthrough -- Cutting the veil -- Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man -- Myrna Loy vs. MGM -- Mrs. Arthur Hornblow Jr. -- Wife vs. mistress -- Trouble -- Things fall apart -- Rebound -- Postwar -- Breaking away -- Mrs. Howland Sargeant -- New York ending. 
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