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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 · 46 min

A warm, affectionate stroll through a star's career, full of charming clips and fond admiration.

Directed by
Richard Schickel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Kathleen Turner, G. Larry Butler, Myrna Loy
Tagline
Witty, warm, sexy and sophisticated.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Richard Schickel
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Kathleen Turner, G. Larry Butler, Myrna Loy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • celebrity
  • art
  • identity
  • gender
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance3
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Kathleen Turner, G. Larry Butler, Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter, Dolores Costello, Melvyn Douglas, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable
Runtime
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Country
United States of America
Languages
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