13 Movies Starring Myrna Loy

Topaze

Topaze

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1933-02-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

78 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (503 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Ben Hecht (screenplay)

Charles Lederer (continuity)

Benn W. Levy (adaptation)

Marcel Pagnol (play)

Fullplot:

An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.

Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-12-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (597 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Capra

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Riskin (screen play)

Mark Hellinger (based upon a story "Strictly Confidential" by)

Fullplot:

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-05-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (19369 Reviews)

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Cast:

Writer:

Albert Hackett (screen play)

Frances Goodrich (screen play)

Dashiell Hammett (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old cronies, several of whom are eccentric characters, to say the least. He's also approached by Dorothy Wynant whose inventor father Clyde Wynant is suspected of murdering her step-mother. Her father had left on a planned trip some months before and she has had no contact with him. Nick isn't all that keen on resuming his former profession but egged-on by wife Nora, who thinks this all very exciting, he agrees to help out. He solves the case, announcing the identity of the killer at a dinner party for all of the suspects.

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1936-04-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4604 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

William Anthony McGuire (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but it's not easy being married to the man who "glorified the American girl." Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but...

Test Pilot

Test Pilot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1938-04-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

(1388 Reviews)

Director:

Victor Fleming

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Vincent Lawrence (screen play)

Waldemar Young (screen play)

Frank Wead (original story)

Fullplot:

Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. As such, he lives from paycheck to paycheck, and is often in debt, but knows his lucrative job will eventually get him out of those debts. On a coast to coast record attempt speed flight, Jim's plane, the Drake Bullet (named after the company's owner), hits some mechanical problems and Jim is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer's field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, whose straight talking daughter, Ann Barton, falls for Jim, and visa versa. They impulsively decide to get married and live in New York. Jim's sidekick and mechanic, "Gunner" Morris, doesn't know if Jim and marriage go hand in hand, both because of the type of person he is and his profession. Ann too soon learns that she plays second fiddle to Jim's work, she referring to the sky as Jim's mistress. Ann also truly comes to understand the dangers of Jim's work, he who is often required to push the planes beyond their physical limits. With each flight, Ann fears that she will become a widow, as she has seen it before with the wives of Jim's colleagues. Can Jim and Ann's marriage survive the many pressures stemming from Jim's life as a test pilot?

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1939-09-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(1112 Reviews)

Director:

Clarence Brown

Cast:

Writer:

Philip Dunne (screen play)

Julien Josephson (screen play)

Louis Bromfield (novel)

Fullplot:

The adventurous Lady Edwina Esketh travels to the princely state of Ranchipur in India with her husband, Lord Albert Esketh, who is there to purchase some of the Maharajah's horses. She's surprised to meet an old friend, Tom Ransome who came to Ranchipur seven years before to paint the Maharajah's portrait and just stayed on. Ransome has developed something of a reputation - for womanizing and drinking too much - but that's OK with Edwina who is bored and looking for fun. She soon meets the local doctor, the hard working and serious Major Rama Safti. He doesn't immediately respond to her advances but when the seasonal rains come, disaster strikes when a dam fails, flooding much of the countryside. Disease soon sets in and everyone, including Ransome and Edwina, work at a non-stop pace to save as many as possible. Safti deeply admires Edwina's sacrifice but fate intervenes.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1947-06-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

172 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (36573 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Cast:

Writer:

Robert E. Sherwood (screen play)

MacKinlay Kantor (from a novel by)

Fullplot:

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancèe's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1947-06-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

172 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (36399 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Cast:

Writer:

Robert E. Sherwood (screen play)

MacKinlay Kantor (from a novel by)

Fullplot:

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancèe's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-06-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (7433 Reviews)

Director:

H.C. Potter

Cast:

Writer:

Eric Hodgins (novel)

Norman Panama (written for the screen by)

Melvin Frank (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

The Blandings live in New York in a tiny apartment. They decide to move to the country and find that buying and building and living in their own home is easier said than done.

Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (774 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dore Schary

Howard Teichmann (play)

Nathanael West (novel)

Fullplot:

Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employees journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into meeting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, self-pitying woman who makes a play for him. Adam is torn between his loyalty to the newspaper and his girl Justy.

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-09-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

149 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1610 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Robson

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

John O'Hara (novel)

Ernest Lehman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.

Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2713 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

Writer:

Ivan Goff (screenplay)

Ben Roberts (screenplay)

Janet Green (play)

Fullplot:

In London, the American futile housewife Katherine "Kit" Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony "Tony" Preston. In a foggy day, while walking in a park, Kit is threatened by a voice that tells that she will be murdered by the end of the month. On the next day, Kit receives a phone call from the stalker and she goes with Tony to the Scotland Yard, but Inspector Byrnes believes that Kit is making-up the story to get more attention from Tony. Kit welcomes her Aunt Bea but only she receives the phone calls. Would Kit be losing her mind?

Just Tell Me What You Want

Just Tell Me What You Want

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (352 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Writer:

Jay Presson Allen (novel)

Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A TV producer who is the mistress of her boss, tries to have him make their relationship more permanent, and begins a relationship with a younger man. When her boss hears of this, he tries to stop it, and win her heart again.

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