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Tag Archives: Myrna Loy
“I’m going to break that marriage up!” Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives
Today is the wonderful Teresa Wright’s birthday. The Best Years of Our Lives was the magnificent William Wyler film that swept the Oscars for 1946. It won 7! Best Picture. Best Actor (Fredric March). Best Director. Best Screenplay (Robert Sherwood). … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, William Wyler
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August 2022 Viewing Diary
It took me a while to get this up. Shit’s BUSY. Here’s what I watched and saw in August. What Josiah Saw (2022; d. Vincent Grashaw) Pretty grim watch. I reviewed for Ebert. Married at First Sight, Seasons 10 and … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Ann-Margret, Aubrey Plaza, comedy, documentary, drama, Elvis Presley, Kurt Russell, musicals, Myrna Loy, screwball comedy, thrillers, true crime, William Powell
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Business down below. Party up top.
Myrna Loy in the delightful funny Double Wedding. Dress by Adrian.
Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2019
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for 17 years – WHAT? – I appreciate … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, James Joyce, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, animation, Anna Karina, backting, Badlands, Belfast, Bibi Andersson, Bob Dylan, Bong Joon-Ho, Canada, Charlotte Rampling, comedy, Dennis Hopper, documentary, Doris Day, drama, Dubliners, Elvis Presley, Emily Dickinson, Frank O'Hara, friends, Gaspar Noe, George Stevens, Gold Diggers of 1933, horror, Ireland, Jean Arthur, Joanna Hogg, Joe Berlinger, Joel McCrea, John Ford, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Linda Manz, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Mary Oliver, Matthias Schoenaerts, Myrna Loy, Nick Nolte, Nick Tosches, Nicolas Roeg, Out of the Blue, Paraguay, Paul Thomas Anderson, poetry, Poland, Present Tense, Robert Evans, Sandrine Bonnaire, sci-fi, Sophia Takal, Sucker Punch, Supernatural, Sylvia Plath, Terrence Malick, Tom Noonan, What Happened Was, William Powell, Willie Nelson, women directors, year in writing, Zac Efron
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For Film Comment: Romantic/sexual chemistry in Love Crazy and The More the Merrier
This was really fun, paying tribute to the insanely hot chemistry between Myrna Loy and William Powell (in everything, but for this essay I wrote about Love Crazy) and – my favorite – Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in one … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged comedy, George Stevens, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Myrna Loy, reviews, screwball comedy, William Powell
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June 2019 Viewing Diary
Once again: if you’re not a Supernatural fan, this might be a tough read. I’m so busy with work, this is how I unwind. Supernatural, Season 14, episode 4 “Mint Condition” (2018; d. Amyn Kaderali) I loved this episode. Perfectly … Continue reading
Song of the Thin Man: The Son of Nick and Nora Charles
Song of the Thin Man is on TCM tonight, so I thought I’d unearth one of my many (many) posts about Dean Stockwell. Song of the Thin Man is yet another movie where Dean Stockwell’s main job is to be … Continue reading
Libeled Lady (1936): It’s So Funny When William Powell lies
In Libeled Lady, William Powell plays Bill Chandler, a guy hired (or, actually, RE-hired) by newspaper editor Warren Haggerty (played by Spencer Tracy) to basically set up heiress Connie Allenbury (played by Myrna Loy) for a big fall, so that … Continue reading
Not like you need another reason to love Myrna Loy …
But here you go, just in case. Thanks, Siren. I have been re-watching all of the William Powell/Myrna Loy movies recently (my review of Love Crazy here), and I am in love with them both. Myrna Loy, with her cool … Continue reading