Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Witty, warm, sexy and sophisticated.

8.5
1990
0h 46m
HD
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.

Top Cast

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

Self - Host

G. Larry Butler

G. Larry Butler

Narrator (voice)

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

(archive footage)

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

(archive footage)

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

(archive footage)

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

(archive footage)

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

(archive footage)

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

(archive footage)

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