Tag: Myrna Loy
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SEATTLE
June 17, 1944 As is noted in Sheridan and Monush’s book, Gable’s return to film was in Adventure (1945). The cancellation of Seattle freed up Lucille Ball to do Without Love and Ziegfeld Follies. After not getting the role of Scarlett in Gone With The Wind (1939), it looked like Ball and Gable were not fated…
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BROADWAY BILL
December 27, 1934 A Columbia Motion Picture Directed by Frank Capra Produced by Harry Cohn Written by Robert Riskin, based on the short story “Strictly Confidential” by Mark Hellinger Lucille Ball played a telephone operator, uncredited. Also in the film were future “I Love Lucy” cast members Charles Lane, Irving Bacon, and Bess Flowers. Synopsis ~ Warner Baxter…
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MYRNA LOY
August 2, 1905 Myrna Loy was born Myrna Adele Williams in Radersburg (near Helena), Montana. When she was thirteen, Myrna’s father died of influenza in the great flu pandemic of 1918, and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles. She was educated in L.A. and the Westlake School for Girls where she caught…