Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

by Emily W. Leider

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520274504
• ISBN13: 9780520274501
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.6" x 8.7"