Myrna Loy; A Portrait

Northern Advocate, 3 June 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)

Myrna Loy; A Portrait

Charmingly frank ... a will of her own ... no end of determination . . .

clear grey eyes . . . copper coloured hair ... an amazing amount of freckles . . . that is Myrna Loy . . .

Born on a Montana ranch . . . Now one of Hollywood's most glamorous stars . . . Once was a dancing teacher in a private school less than a block from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios . . .

tried to crash the gates and failed

But didn’t give up .. . Owes her screen opportunity to Rudolph Valentino who saw her dance in a prologue at a Hollywood theatre . . Impressed by her grace he induced his wife to use Myrna in a picture called “What Price Beauty” . . . This was a start, but there was still a long road to travel for the ambitious girl . . . She was typed as a “vamp” .■ . . Played slinky Oriental roles and haled it . . . She kept trying and scored a success in a wide variety of roles . . . the beautiful vamp in “Wet Parade” . . . the straight romantic figure, in “Son of India’’ . . . the polished sophisticate of “Men in White” .. . the whimsical wife of “The Thin Man” . . . She played Bill Powell’s wife for the fifth time in “After the Thin Man” . . . Since has married Arthur Hornblow, Junr. . . . They make the .perfect domestic team . . . Never argue and have a barrel of fun together . . .In “Parnell” she played Katie O’Shea . . . It was her first costume picture . . . Now co-starring with William Powell again in “Double Wedding.” CAST IMPORTANT . “Intelligence and care in casting is the all-important thing in motion pictures." declares Emile dc Ruelle. production manager of “The Headleys at Home.” “Of course, the selection of the story and the preparation of it are important: the proper setting and photography are essential as arc careful lighting and direction. But. all this may be perfect, and, yet. if you do not have the proper actors picked for their various roles, you will not have a successful picture.” Mr de Ruclle’s hand can be seen in the casting of “The Headleys at Home," which is soon to be released by Action Pictures, for such notable players as Grant Mitchell, Evelyn Venable, Robert Whitney, Betty Roadman. Benny Rubin, and Vince Barnett have leading roles in this family comedy.

Fred Astaire insisted on retakes for all scenes in “The Castles" that were not quite 100 per cent perfection. This may be Fred’s last picture in Hollywood, and he wants to go out in a blaze of triumph.