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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

NR

1990

46 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Kathleen Turner headshot

Kathleen Turner

Self - Host

G. Larry Butler headshot

G. Larry Butler

Narrator (voice)

Myrna Loy headshot

Myrna Loy

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Warner Baxter headshot

Warner Baxter

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Dolores Costello headshot

Dolores Costello

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Melvyn Douglas headshot

Melvyn Douglas

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Henry Fonda headshot

Henry Fonda

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Clark Gable headshot

Clark Gable

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Cary Grant headshot

Cary Grant

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Al Jolson headshot

Al Jolson

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Boris Karloff headshot

Boris Karloff

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Jeanette MacDonald headshot

Jeanette MacDonald

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Fredric March headshot

Fredric March

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Frank Morgan headshot

Frank Morgan

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Noel Neill headshot

Noel Neill

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Emory Parnell headshot

Emory Parnell

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William Powell headshot

William Powell

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Nancy Reagan headshot

Nancy Reagan

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Ronald Reagan headshot

Ronald Reagan

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Rin-Tin-Tin headshot

Rin-Tin-Tin

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Spencer Tracy headshot

Spencer Tracy

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Teresa Wright headshot

Teresa Wright

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Robert Young headshot

Robert Young

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