Table of Contents

List of Plates Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Climb 2. Not Your Typical Helena Girl 3. Life without Father 4. Enter Myrna Loy 5. Warner Bros.' Exotic Vixen 6. Breakthrough 7. Cutting the Veil 8. Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man 9. Myrna Loy vs. MGM 10. Mrs. Arthur Hornblow Jr. 11. Wife vs. Mistress 12. Trouble 13. Things Fall Apart 14. Rebound 15. Postwar 16. Breaking Away 17. Mrs. Howland Sargeant 18. New York Ending Appendix. Myrna Loy's Film, Television, and Theater Credits Notes Bibliography Index Plates follow page

About the Author

Biographer, poet, and memoirist Emily W. Leider is the author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino, Becoming Mae West, and Rapid Eye Movement and Other Poems, among other books.

Reviews

"A top-notch biography of a great performer... Highly recommended."--Choice "A crisp, smart biography."--Washington Post "Loy's gifts are easy to enjoy, hard to describe. She's been lucky in attracting an even-tempered sympathetic biographer like Ms. Leider, whose book, like the best of its genre, sends you back to the films."--Wall Street Journal "This is a must read for anyone who is a Myrna Loy fan."--San Francisco Book Review / Sacramento Book Review "Reveals the shy, warm, and modest figure behind the image of the cool, chic urbanite... Leider's books are smart and witty trips through the lives of her subjects, and this work is no exception."--Library Journal