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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

90 %|Jun 4, 1990|Documentary

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.

Featured Crew

Richard Schickel
Writer
Peter Wood
Editor
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Music
Richard Schickel
Director
Richard Schickel
Producer
Niles Siegel
Associate Producer

Cast

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Kathleen Turner
Self - Host
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G. Larry Butler
Narrator (voice)
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Myrna Loy
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Warner Baxter
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Dolores Costello
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Melvyn Douglas
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Henry Fonda
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Clark Gable
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Cary Grant
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Al Jolson
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Boris Karloff
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Jeanette MacDonald
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Fredric March
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Frank Morgan
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Noel Neill
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Emory Parnell
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William Powell
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Nancy Reagan
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Ronald Reagan
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Rin-Tin-Tin
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Spencer Tracy
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Teresa Wright
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Robert Young
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