Myrna Loy (36 page)

PLATE 29. Myrna Loy with her stepson, Terry Hornblow, in Beverly Hills, ca. 1937. Myrna Loy Collection, Boston University.

PLATE 30. Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Myrna Loy on the set of
Wife vs. Secretary
(MGM, 1936). Director Clarence Brown is seated, and Ray June is behind the camera. Photo by Virgil Apger. Private collection.

PLATE 31. William Powell and Myrna Loy take in a view of the newly completed Bay Bridge from San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill during a break from filming
After the Thin Man
, 1936.
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
, 1936. San Francisco Public Library.

PLATE 32. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hornblow Jr. outside their custom-built home on Hidden Valley Road in Beverly Hills, ca. 1937. Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

PLATE 33. Arthur Hornblow Jr. flanked by his wife, Myrna Loy
(left)
, and Claudette Colbert at Paramount.
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
, March 24, 1939. San Francisco Public Library.

PLATE 34.
Left to right:
Della Williams (Myrna Loy’s mother), Aunt Lu Wilder, David Williams (Myrna Loy’s brother), Myrna Loy, and Arthur Hornblow Jr. at the train station as Myrna and Della depart for Montana on March 12, 1940. Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

PLATE 35. The cover of
Hollywood
shows Tyrone Power as Major Safti and Myrna Loy as Lady Esketh in
The Rains Came
(20th Century–Fox, 1939). Private collection.

PLATE 36. William Powell in drag and Myrna Loy playing along in
Love Crazy
(MGM, 1941). Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

PLATE 37. Myrna Loy in the Bundles for Bluejackets uniform she wore while working at a Los Angeles–area canteen for enlisted World War II servicemen and women in 1942. MGM Collection. Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

PLATE 38. Myrna Loy and her second husband, John D. Hertz Jr., at the Stork Club in Manhattan, 1942. Private collection.

PLATE 39. Wedding of Myrna Loy and Gene Markey at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California, Jan. 3, 1946. Admiral William Halsey
(left)
was best man. Private collection.

PLATE 40. Myrna Loy and Fredric March, as Milly and Al Stephenson, stare into mirrors in
The Best Years of Our Lives
(Goldwyn/RKO, 1946). The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.