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"Leider's new book is certainly one of the best film books of the year."--Thomas Gladysz"San Francisco Chronicle" (10/24/2011) "A crisp, smart biography."--Dennis Drabelle"Washington Post" (10/07/2011) "This is a must read for anyone who is a Myrna Loy fan."--Leslie Wolfson"San Francisco Book Review / Sacramento Book Review" (12/07/2011) "An engaging and heartening portrait of the classic movie star who never let the glamour of her impossibly glamorous profession go to her head."--Dennis King"The Oklahoman" (01/04/2012) "An excellent biography."--Scott Eyman"Palm Beach Post" (01/22/2012) "Movie buffs will appreciate the careful research that went into this book, while readers wanting intimacy will delight in hearing Myrna's own voice come through."--Alicea Swett"Portland Book Review" (04/05/2012) "Well-researched and shrewdly conceived."--Robert Fulford"The National Post" (09/13/2011) "Emily W. Leider has managed to give us the biography of an actress that avoids the crass tell-all format of many celebrity biographies--it is well researched, the prose is eminently readable. . . . It is a must read for fans of Myrna Loy, it will interest fans of film in general and classic film in particular, and it is also an interesting read from a purely historical perspective, thanks to the research put into it and its scholarly tone. Pick up the book and revisit these films."-- (03/01/2012) "A top-notch biography of a great performer. . . . Highly recommended."-- (02/01/2012) "Loy's gifts are easy to enjoy, hard to describe. She's been lucky in attracting an even-tempered sympathetic biographer like Ms. Leider, whose book, like the best of its genre, sends you back to the films."-- (09/24/2011) "In addition to thoroughly documenting each of Loy's films . . .the book describes her activities during the leave she took from filmmaking in the early 1940s."-- (10/05/2012) "Reveals the shy, warm, and modest figure behind the image of the cool, chic urbanite. . . . Leider's books are smart and witty trips through the lives of her subjects, and this work is no exception."-- (09/01/2011) "I've not wanted to put the book down. It's that good, yes, it is really THAT good. . . . If you're a fan of Myrna Loy and her films, this is a must read."-- (10/18/2011) "Kudos to author Emily Leider for a brilliant, riveting portrait. . . . 'Myrna Loy' is an encyclopedic, fascinating page-turner for film buffs."-- (01/08/2012) "A well-researched and comprehensive biography. . . . Leider's portrait nicely details Myrna Loy as not only a movie star but also an ardent activist."-- (08/29/2011) "Leider . . . has penned a thoroughly researched and stylishly written biography of an accomplished actress who was more than just her screen credits."-- (12/11/2011)
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From the beginning, Myrna Loy's screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. "Who is she?" was a question posed in the first fan magazine article published about her in 1925. This first ever biography of the wry and sophisticated actress best known for her role as Nora Charles, wife to dapper detective William Powell in The Thin Man, offers an unprecedented picture of her life and an extraordinary movie career that spanned six decades. Opening with Loy's rough-and-tumble upbringing in Montana, the book takes us to Los Angeles in the 1920s, where Loy's striking looks caught the eye of Valentino, through the silent and early sound era to her films of 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 highly engaging biography offers a fascinating slice of studio era history and gives us the first full picture of a very private woman who has often been overlooked despite her tremendous star power.
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- VerlagUniversity of California Press
- Erscheinungsdatum2011
- ISBN 10 0520274504
- ISBN 13 9780520274501
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