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William Powell (1892–1984) and Myrna Loy (1905–1993) starred in 13 movies together in the 1930s and '40s. Loy also had an uncredited cameo in their 14th and last film together, The Senator Was Indiscreet, which starred Powell.
YearTitleRoles(powell)Roles(loy)1934Jim WadeEleanor Packer19341934John PrenticeEvelyn Prentice1936– William Powell as Nick Charles in the opening scene of Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man. The wonderfully, comic and fun loving William Powell and Myrna Loy . Like a sublime dry martini, Myrna Loy and William Powell had an intuitive, flawless rhythm throughout their legendary screen teaming in 14 films together.
- Myrna Lisa Smile
- A Doctor’S Dream
- Men Must Marry Myrna
- Claim to Fame
- Crowning Glory
- Dancing Queen
- Chiseled Features
- Let’s Hear It For The Girls
- The World’S Your Oyster
- First in Friendship
Like so many Old Hollywood stars, the name “Myrna Loy” was actually a stage name; Loy’s real full name was Myrna Adele Williams. When she first started acting, her friends in Tinseltown thought her birth name was too plain for her striking face. They initially suggested the heavy-handed “Myrna Lisa” before wisely going with “Myrna Loy.” Wikimedia C...
One of Loy’s trademarks was her pert, upturned nose. Film critics called it “a wonder of nature” and “a plastic surgeon’s paragon.” In the 1930s, scores of young women begged their doctors to give them Loy’s profile. Wikimedia Commons
Men went mad for Loy’s good looks and proper charms, and one of her many nicknames was “The Perfect Wife.” Old Hollywood superstar Jimmy Stewart even once said, “There ought to be a law against any man who doesn't marry Myrna Loy." He wasn’t the only fan: The frenzied American public also formed Men-Must-Marry Myrna clubs. Shutterstock
The actress gained lasting fame for her role as the intrepid and hard-drinking heiress Nora Charles in The Thin Manand its many sequels. She and William Powell played a husband and wife detective duo in the film, and their natural, boozy chemistry made them frequent collaborators from then on. The Thin Man,MGM
In 1936, the public voted Myrna Loy “The Queen of the Movies” alongside Clark Gable’s “King of the Movies.” Loy’s victory came with a tin and velvet crown. Wikimedia Commons
Myrna Loy was born on August 2nd, 1905 in Helena, Montana to Adelle Mae and David Franklin Williams. Even as a young girl, little Myrna loved dancing, and convinced her parents to enroll her in dancing classes. As Loy once said, “By the time I was 3 years old, I was dancing on my tippy-toes.” Unsurprisingly, she broke into Hollywood first as a danc...
When Loy was barely in her teen years, a sculptor immortalized her form. In 1921, she posed for her high school teacher, the artist Harry Fielding Winebrenner, as the embodiment of “Inspiration” for his series of set pieces for the school’s front fountain. The resulting sculpture stood for years in front of the building. Pxfuel
Myrna Loy and Joan Crawford came up together in Hollywood, working together as extras before they both made it big. They would remain lifelong friends. Getty Images
The set of The Thin Man was a very loose affair, with director W.S. Van Dyke often wrapping scenes up in one take and moving on to the next. That is, until the day it all unraveled. There was a complicated dinner scene requiring rare re-takes, so no one saw the problem with a plate of oysters that had to be brought out again and again under the hot...
Loy had friends in high places—the highest places, actually. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was one of her closest confidantes. Getty Images
- The Thin Man (1934) Plot: After initially refusing to look into a disappearance case that later turns into a murder case, retired detective Nick Charles drunkenly stumbles through New York with his wife (and partner in crime) Nora Charles, looking for the truth.
- Libeled Lady (1936) Plot: A newspaperman, his fiance, and a reporter work together to make a falsely printed story accurate in order to steer clear of a high society woman suing for libel.
- After the Thin Man (1936) Plot: In the second Thin Man movie, Nick and Nora Charles investigate the disappearance and then later the murder of a man connected to Nora’s family.
- Evelyn Prentice (1934) Plot: An attorney’s wife has an affair with a womanizing man, only to find herself in more than a little trouble when said womanizer ends up murdered.
Apr 29, 2009 · From April to August of 1946, both Bill Powell and Myrna Loy were busy filming two of the most acclaimed films of their careers. Bill was on the Warner Bros. lot shooting Life with Father (which would result in his third Academy Award nomination for Best Actor) and Myrna was co-starring in Samuel Goldwyn’s The Best Years of Our Lives, soon to ...
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Abstract. When people remember Myrna Loy and William Powell, they inevitably think of their roles as Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man films. The Thin Man highlights the intimacy and companionship of married life and the film virtually introduces modern marriage to the screen.
Aug 8, 2021 · ”Even my best friends never fail to tell me that the smartest thing I ever did was to marry Myrna Loy on the screen,” William Powell once said, and he did so 13 times, most frequently in...
