Do You Take This Woman? Myrna Loy and Third Finger, Left Hand

Steyn Online ^ | 18 Sep 2022 | Rick McGinnis

[Rummyfan]

Love Myrna Loy in the Thin Man flicks and in The Best Years of Our Lives.

[Rummyfan]

If she had a type onscreen – and Loy tried hard to avoid becoming a type – she would become Nora Charles, the paragon of wives: supportive but not obsequious, the equal of any spouse, ready with a wisecrack and a bit of fun, and always beautifully turned out. Quite a stretch, she'd admit, for a woman divorced four times, childless and openly dismissive of her domestic skills.

Four marriages. I had no idea.

[mylife]

she was great

[rlmorel]

My favorite movie of all time: Best Years of Our Lives.

So few people seem to know about it. Timeless.

[mylife]

[BipolarBob]

Always a fan of Myrna Loy and William Powell. They don’t make movies like they used to.

[DFG]

“Was supposedly the favorite star of famed outlaw John Dillinger. He came out of hiding to see Manhattan Melodrama (1934), in which she starred, and was gunned down by police upon leaving the theater.”

“[on Ronald Reagan] I never worked with Ronald Reagan. I’m not happy that he’s President. I was willing to give him a chance. But he’s destroying everything now I’ve lived my life for.”

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001485/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[llevrok]

One of my employer's senior VPs had an executive assistant who looked just like Myrna. The resemblance was so striking. I never could take my eyes off of her. Lovely

[crusty old prospector]

Whenever I watch an old movie, I pull up the actors and actresses on Wikipedia. Most were married and divorced at least three times. Or they turned out to be poofters.

[Bookshelf]

First marriage to producer Arthur Hornblow Jr., whose best films followed their divorce.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

They don’t make them like that anymore. She was sophistication and top tier.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

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[SunkenCiv]

Third Finger, Left Hand - Original Theatrical Trailer
Warner Bros.
July 8, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJOCjkhong
Third finger, left hand. That’s where unmarried fashion-magazine editor Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy) parks a wedding ring, hoping to deter male colleagues who have more than business on their minds. Then a smitten artist (Melvyn Douglas [”In 1931, Douglas married actress-turned-politician Helen Gahagan.”]) learns Margot’s secret and begins a charade of his own by passing himself off as her beloved hubby. Loy and Douglas, expert romantic farceurs who sparkled in some of Hollywood’s best romantic comedies (including Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House) are splendidly sophisticated and delightfully goofy in their first film together. “I adored him,” Loy said of the man who became her longtime friend off screen. Their camaraderie rings some funny on-screen wedding bells.

[Nifster]

A great way to spend time

[Salvey]

Whenever I watch an old movie, I pull up the actors and actresses on Wikipedia. Most were married and divorced at least three times. Or they turned out to be poofters.

Or they died young of "respiratory disease."

[higgmeister]

Nora Charles!

[JohnnyP]

Loved Melvyn Douglas.

[punknpuss]

BKMK

[Whatever Works]

I adored the thin man series. I own Mr. Blanding’s Dreamhouse. Great actress.