LEADER 00000cam a2200481 a 4500 001 708243812 003 OCoLC 005 20120531042130.0 008 110318s2011 cauaf bq s001 0beng 010 2011011571 020 9780520253209 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 0520253205 (cloth : alk. paper) 024 8 40019858964 035 (PFA-BOOKS)13407 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dYDXCP|dCUZ|dIH5|dBWX|dIUL|dYUS|dOCLCO |dBUR|dOCLCQ|dBDX|dBTCTA|dCUY 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 PN2287.L67|bL46 2011 082 00 791.43/028092|aB|222 090 PN2287.L68|bL46 2011 100 1 Leider, Emily Wortis. 245 10 Myrna Loy :|bthe only good girl in Hollywood /|cEmily W. Leider. 260 Berkeley :|bUniversity of California Press,|cc2011. 300 xi, 411 p., [24] p. of plates :|bill. ;|c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 505 0 The climb -- Not your typical Helena girl -- Life without father -- Enter Myrna Loy -- Warner Bros.' exotic vixen -- Breakthrough -- Cutting the veil -- Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man -- Myrna Loy vs. MGM -- Mrs. Arthur Hornblow Jr. -- Wife vs. mistress -- Trouble -- Things fall apart -- Rebound -- Postwar -- Breaking away -- Mrs. Howland Sargeant -- New York ending. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 520 From the beginning, Myrna Loy's screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. This first ever biography of the wry and sophisticated actress, best known for her role as Nora Charles in The Thin Man, offers an unprecedented picture of her life and a career that spanned six decades. Opening with Loy's rough-and-tumble upbringing in Montana, the book takes us to Los Angeles from the 1920s, through the thirties, when Loy became a top box office draw, and to her robust post-World War II career. Throughout, Emily W. Leider illuminates the actress's friendships with luminaries such as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Joan Crawford and her collaborations with the likes of John Barrymore, David O. Selznick, Sam Goldwyn, and William Wyler, among many others. This biography offers a fascinating slice of studio era history and gives us the first full picture of a woman who has often been overlooked.--From publisher description. 600 10 Loy, Myrna,|d1905-1993. 650 0 Motion picture actors and actresses|zUnited States |vBiography. 946 PFA PN2287.L68L46 2011. Record created 2012/05/31 by sw. 956 20120531|bpfsw 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140914 964 PFA PN2287.L68L46 2011. |bCAT/A 994 C0|bCUY