List your five favorite Myrna Loy movies.
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harposboy — 18 years ago(September 26, 2007 01:56 AM)
- The Thin Man series (I'm going to cheat like everyone else)
- Love Crazy
- Libeled Lady
- The Best Years Of Our Lives
- The Mask of Fu Manchu
I don't care for modern films - all crashing cars and close-ups of people's feet. - Lillian Gish
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Noirkiss_3 — 17 years ago(November 08, 2008 01:05 AM)
I love Myrna. She had it all, beauty, brains and compassion. Here are her five best by far.(ordered by year)
1.Love Me Tonight (1932)
2.The Thin Man (1934)
3.Broadway Bill (1934)
4.Libeled Lady (1936)
5.The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
There are many other good ones but these five rank best for me.Broadway Bill is especially underrated.
When there are two, one betrays-Jean-Pierre Melville -
BarryTrexel — 15 years ago(August 15, 2010 07:11 AM)
If I were to list her best films where she is the lead, they would be in no particular otder:
Manhattan Melodrama
The Thin Man
Libeled Lady
The Rains Came
The Best Years of Our Lives
If I were to list her best performances, they would be:
Love Me Tonight
The Thin Man
Test Pilot
The Rains Came
Mr. Blanding Builds a Dreamhouse -
Aquamarine2189 — 15 years ago(November 06, 2010 06:25 PM)
- Libeled Lady
- The Thin Man
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
- I Love You Again
- Evelyn Prentice
Honorable mentions: Mr. Blandings, Manhattan Melodrama
If its not obvious, I love her and William Powell together.
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francescafay11 — 12 years ago(November 26, 2013 08:34 PM)
My top 5 Myrna Loy films:
(My rankings are based on my top 5 favorite Myrna Loy performances, not my 5 favorite films out of her overall filmography.)
#1. The Thin Man (1934)
~My #1 definitely has to be a film that teams her with William Powell,
so why not just go with the most iconic.
#2. Penthouse (1933)
~Loy as the sophisticated call-girl with a sweet side and the heart-of-gold, what's not to LOVE!
#3. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
~Fredric March is one of my favorite actors and I think Loy and March play off each other in such a way that exudes tenderness and understanding, which is perfect for their characters in the film.
#4. Libeled Lady (1936)
~The quartet of Loy, Powell, Tracy, and Harlow is an acting dream team and Loy more than holds her own, she shines bright.
#5. Love Me Tonight (1932)
~While her role in this phenomenal film may be small, it is still juicy and she plays it in a deliciously tongue-in-cheek manner.