@Angel5451 Thumbs down more like - what did she have to do with Myrna Loy's career. Don't get me wrong I like Anjelica - but this was so wrong!!!! They should have had an old MGM colleague.
Not only was she classic in films but she was classly in every day life. She worked hard for civil rights for those who didn't get them automatically.
My fav actress tied w/ Greer Garson. I may not be of that generation, but was raised on the classics. I have much of her movies recorded & they give me much pleasure. My mother met her. ( I wish I had that pleasure). Myrna Loy & many actresses & actors in that era will be in my heart for a long time to come. May the Good Lord hold them in his arms for eternity. Thank the Lord for her God given talent & all she shared w/ us. Peace always.
what a beautiful and lovely woman! I am amazed because at that time she was ill unfortunately but she looks beautiful and lovely.. very sweet and tender.. I liked this vid very much!
sie hatte nie die großen rollen aber was wäre Hollywood ohne sie gewesen.............sie bleibt uns immer in Erinnerung als eine der ganz großen Persönlichkeiten
Myrna Loy was one of the greatest actresses of all time. She will never be forgotten. Visiting her grave in Montana - I am determined that she will never be forgotten and promised her this - God bless Myrna humanitarian and actress xxx
@irish89055 Not sure how many myrna loy movies you have seen, but she sounded like herself and you could really tell it was her. Myrna and William Powell were the most incredible duo on the silverscreen!!
When I went to the Myrna Loy Center in Montana they told me that they had no idea where her Honorary Oscar now resides. Oscars can you please perhaps help with this?
Will always love her, and certainly her humour and movies with William Powell in the Thin Man Series. I couldn't be more happy to feel my wife and I (46/42) live our lives similarly. :)
@magenta1000 Just to say Ray Milland was from Neath in Wales. Myrna Loy's grandfather was also from Neath - it must be a Welsh thing to be so graceful but to say so little.
I have always adored her..What a classy lady. Today's Hollywood in in the toilet thanks to Corporations. Society has progressed tho..I prefer Not so much change. Films are being made for 3yrs old to 35.. Im a young kid...I prefer the past..when quality Not gross was a requirement first for projects.
Wow she was still beautiful even in failing health and way on in years. This made me cry! I definitely think she was happy to receive it, I didn't get any feeling she wasn't. We love you Myrna!
@thesix107 I'm not sure by the time she received this award she had been in failing health for a long time. Had seen some photos of her from the mid 80s and it took a few people just to help her walk so by this point not sure what her physical condition was.
I'm glad Myrna got the Honorary award - but only really after major lobbying by a number of her friends and colleagues. The Academy should include a quote of those people who are over a certain age, have been nominated but never succeeded, or who have had a remarkable contribution to film - AND GIVE THEM HONORARY AWARDS. Such as Eleanor Parker; Esther Williams; Kathryn Grayson etc.... THere are too many people who deserve to be get the award, but never have the chance.
Great, great actress who made it look so easy. I had never seen her on screen until catching her in the Colombo episode "Etude in Black," where she played Blythe Danner's mother. Although brief, her appearance left a lasting impression. Years later I had the pleasure of seeing her work again in The Thin Man series.
I wish william powell had one an oscar too, what an extraordinary career he had. I often think Myrna overshawdowed him - but of course that was unintentional.
i remember the excellent film montage that was edited out in the middle.
I love Myrna Loy. I'm 33, and as a child was raised on films like "Cheaper By the Dozen" and "Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House". When I got older I discovered the Thin Man films, as well as her other 30's and 40's work like "Libeled Lady" and "The Best Years of Our Lives".
I remember this night but not the montage. I agree with all here who loved her and knew her to be one of the best, especially working with William Powell.
@pac401 Love Mr. Blandings. One of the all time great movies with a wonderful supporting cast including Bill, Cary Grant's best friend, in the pic. I never remember his name but a star in his own right, and who can forget the water dowser.
Myrna Loy was the best! A class act that only comes around once in a blue moon. I wish that today's actresses could learn something. Truly a bygone era!
The last shot of Miss Loy from the montage was from "After The Thin Man", 1936. In the scene she turned to the movie theater audience and said, "See".
This was a comeback line after she had been insulted, called "A pot of money". This was the first time in movie history that the 4th wall was broken..giving an aside to the theater audience. This was before the Hope & Crosby films made it common place. God Bless Myrna Loy.
I would like to wish the iconic Myrna Loy, a Happy 104th Birthday on Sunday, August 2nd 2009. Thank you for all the joyful, heart warming entertainment and for your fair-minded political beliefs dearest Myrna. May your legacy last forever more.
Well, she did NOT look amazing. Really now, can't we be honest? Here was a woman clearly suffering and with not long to live. She was terrific in and deserved an Oscar for "The Best Years of Our Lives".
I once took a dozen red roses to Myrna Loy in NYC in 1990... they should've taped this earlier in the day when she was more coherent... she suffered more at night... still a splendid lady... who never graced the cover of LIFE magazine.
Myrna was such an intuitive and adored star. Sadly, not once during her illustrious career was she nominated for an Academy Award.
Myrna was one of the shamefully overlooked and she was not the only one.
Others who fell under the same circumstance were Marilyn Monroe, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow, Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, and Joel McCrea.
Myrna Loy was such a great actress. She had such a gift for acting. Despite her great ability's not once did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honor her with an Oscar nomination.
Sadly, Myrna was one of the many great performers of her day who was shamefully overlooked. Others who fell into the same circumstance as Myrna were:
We must remember that this tribute was much longer, it has been cut. There was a delightful film tribute, ending with the B&W still shown on this item. Also, there was longer clapping.
Pensive classiness, beauty and thoughtfulness in all her performances and delivery of her lines. My faves of hers: Cheaper By The Dozen and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Way to go, Myrna!
angelica huston =) n hey you guys do you know if Raul Julia ever did a welcome or something in any events i know he did something to with a film score?
Amazing to read these comments. To see how easily people lose focus . I knew Myrna from the age of 14. I am now 62. We lived across the street from each other, e.63rd. I dined with her nearly every week. She was not shy at all but private. A stately, polite, reserved and intelligent lady. She taught me much. She treated me always with respect and caring. This Oscar was simply too little, much too late. She was very ill at this time and had a live in nurse. It was Hollywood's failure not hers.
Was Myrna in a John Huston film? I don't recall. It was a very odd presentation, they should have asked Roddy MacDowall or Doris Day to do it. Myrna adored Doris and Roddy.
Myrna knew Doris from Midnight Lace but she was absolute pals with Roddy since his boyhood. He would have been a good choice but the Oscars is more a political and media event rather than personal. Unfortunatley. Angela was more in the limelight at that time and Roddy not. Too Roddy was gay and so less popular in the community.
She didn't even leave her New York apartment and I say "good for her!" Why should she? They should have given her the Oscar many years before. Today, and in future generations, people will see her in "The Best Years of Our Lives" and the "Thin Man" movies and fall in love with her all over again.
Please stop the negative comments about Myrna's lack of an appearance at the awards, and that she might have had some diva tantram on attending in L.A. and she couldn't be bothered to say anything more. The reality is she was a very modest and shy woman, and was also elderly and not in good health. Please leave her alone and lets cherish her memory. She was a wonderful actress and helped invent on screen audible acting. God bless her.
At the time she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Chemotherapy and a double mastectomy can make a person a little too tired to fly across country, or even give a long speech. She was probably helped into bed as soon as the camera shut off.
Why doesn't the Academy give Honorary Awards to the last living silent film actors who had lead roles as adults - Doris Eaton Travis, Miriam Seegar, Dorothy Janis and Barbara Kent?
myrnaloysboy wrote: "Why doesn't the Academy give Honorary Awards to the last living silent film actors who had lead roles as adults - Doris Eaton Travis, Miriam Seegar, Dorothy Janis and Barbara Kent?"
The Academy does not give actors honorary awards simply for being elderly and still alive. None of those actors made an important enough contribution to film to deserve an Honorary Academy Award.
Exactly. I would bet that less than 100 people in the entire country, let alone the motion picture industry, have ever even heard of those golden girls.
She should have been nominated for THE THIN MAN (1934), THE RAINS CAME (1939), and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946).
I think she gave a very short speech as a way to get back at the Academy because they never nominated her for an Oscar. In 1968, Hitchcock was given the Iriving Thalberg Award, he just said thank you and left. Rumors said that night say that he only said thank you to get back at the Academy for not giving him a Director Oscar
"I Love You Again" with Miss Loy and William Powell is one of my favorites. A delightfully subversive, yet sweet and funny movie with a perfect ending. Myrna was never more beautiful, and the great William Powell at his best in a great role.
NOT remember Myrna Loy?! IMPOSSIBLE! Does anyone have access to Summer Solstice, her only appearance with Henry Fonda. The one clip I've seen is wonderful...
I am still trying to understand why they asked Anjelica to do the award. She was in no means connected to Myrna, nor did Myrna, as I recall appear in any of her father's movies. It seemed more appropriate to ask Doris Day, Maureen O'Sullivan or Sid Caesar to do it.
Oh by the way, please could we have Miss Fay Wray and Billy Crystal (70th Academy Awards), oh it would be such a treat to see her again. Can I please say thank you Academy for inviting her back, she is true Hollywood and the Academy should be so proud to pay tribute to her.
waw how old was she here?
labranjames 6 days ago
Why wasn't she nominated for an acting Oscar? Such a great actress...
stewart97ful 3 months ago
One of my favorite actresses.She was so elegant,beautiful,witty.Just perfect.I'll always love her.<3
yay1234567100 4 months ago in playlist William Powell and or Myrna Loy 2
@theDeckisStacked They should have had Jeanne Crain or Doris Day to do it.
myrnaloysboy 4 months ago
Thumbs up if you only watched this for Anjelica! :D
Angel5451 7 months ago
@Angel5451 Thumbs down more like - what did she have to do with Myrna Loy's career. Don't get me wrong I like Anjelica - but this was so wrong!!!! They should have had an old MGM colleague.
myrnaloysboy 7 months ago
She deserved a standing ovation.
earlowink 7 months ago
A classy lady and a true Hollywood starlet.
Rest Peacefully
MYRNA LOY (1905-1993)
DutchKalhoun 8 months ago 2
@DutchKalhoun Starlet? You mean Superstar.
myrnaloysboy 7 months ago 2
Not only was she classic in films but she was classly in every day life. She worked hard for civil rights for those who didn't get them automatically.
jxcordell 8 months ago 9
Wow she really talks your ear off!
alSation81 8 months ago
Angelica looks stunning,Myrna loy,wasnt the best actress ,to me,she just wasnt,she didnt put in much emotion,she just kind of read the lines.
asongforxx456 8 months ago
@asongforxx456 She had warmth and spirit - she didn't need forced emotion.
myrnaloysboy 7 months ago
Awesome actress. Awesome lady. What a talent. Class. And when she was younger - smoking hot.
Poppys2008 8 months ago 3
Classic, no needs for words.... she doesn't even need to talk cause she is just that classic
omaragatha 9 months ago
She later sold it on EBay.
JasonRadley 11 months ago
@JasonRadley Really??? o_0
theblazingangel 9 months ago
God bless Myrna...
MerleOberon 11 months ago 2
Myrna kept it short and sweet, that's for sure.. :)
andrealovesclassics 11 months ago
This is the most amazing view of Angelica Huston I've ever seen. I realize it's an older video but she looks amazing.
AlenaJolie 11 months ago 2
When i'm old I want my old lady to look as majestically beautiful as Lady Myrna loy!!!...What a legend of the silver screen!!!
GrifterUno 1 year ago 7
My fav actress tied w/ Greer Garson. I may not be of that generation, but was raised on the classics. I have much of her movies recorded & they give me much pleasure. My mother met her. ( I wish I had that pleasure). Myrna Loy & many actresses & actors in that era will be in my heart for a long time to come. May the Good Lord hold them in his arms for eternity. Thank the Lord for her God given talent & all she shared w/ us. Peace always.
outerspaceoutpost 1 year ago 3
what a beautiful and lovely woman! I am amazed because at that time she was ill unfortunately but she looks beautiful and lovely.. very sweet and tender.. I liked this vid very much!
MANUELFARINELLI 1 year ago 4
sie hatte nie die großen rollen aber was wäre Hollywood ohne sie gewesen.............sie bleibt uns immer in Erinnerung als eine der ganz großen Persönlichkeiten
salvatorearcilesi 1 year ago
Myrna Loy was one of the greatest actresses of all time. She will never be forgotten. Visiting her grave in Montana - I am determined that she will never be forgotten and promised her this - God bless Myrna humanitarian and actress xxx
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago 4
No disrespect, i like Myrna, but I gotta say I'm surprised at her voice change!
storybellz 1 year ago
@storybellz She was very ill.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
@myrnaloysboy I'll say.... didn't look or sound like Myrna...
irish89055 1 year ago
@irish89055 Not sure how many myrna loy movies you have seen, but she sounded like herself and you could really tell it was her. Myrna and William Powell were the most incredible duo on the silverscreen!!
scoutwilly 10 months ago
When I went to the Myrna Loy Center in Montana they told me that they had no idea where her Honorary Oscar now resides. Oscars can you please perhaps help with this?
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
isnt it amazing that she was still so beautiful even in old age? she was a doll!
TheCharmingPhoenix 1 year ago 5
i just love her. she was grand. what every lady ought to be
TheCharmingPhoenix 1 year ago 3
terrific actress
thexxit 1 year ago 3
I liked her in the movie libeled lady starring spencer tracy, jean harlow and william powell. very good movie. a comedy. she was a very good actress.
lovewhatudo 1 year ago
Will always love her, and certainly her humour and movies with William Powell in the Thin Man Series. I couldn't be more happy to feel my wife and I (46/42) live our lives similarly. :)
utubeDaveutube 1 year ago
ML was wonderful in 'The Best Years of Our Lives'.
jslasher1 1 year ago
Wow ,..that must be a "Guinness" World record for the shortest acceptance speech!!
1pingfasily 1 year ago 5
@1pingfasily
Haha, though she is undoubtedly awesome, I think Ray Milland wins there. He just bowed and left.
magenta1000 1 year ago
@magenta1000 Oscars can we please see the Ray Milland win?
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
@magenta1000 Just to say Ray Milland was from Neath in Wales. Myrna Loy's grandfather was also from Neath - it must be a Welsh thing to be so graceful but to say so little.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
Anjelica Huston looked great there.
ladyvee7110 1 year ago 3
She was still so gorgeous and classy later in life!
KateIsMySlaveName 1 year ago
What a legend!!
FamousBirthdays 1 year ago
I think if Sophia had stood up they all would have. Also the clapping was cut - it was longer on the original (along with the film clip)
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
A true star!
grenadian11 1 year ago
I have always adored her..What a classy lady. Today's Hollywood in in the toilet thanks to Corporations. Society has progressed tho..I prefer Not so much change. Films are being made for 3yrs old to 35.. Im a young kid...I prefer the past..when quality Not gross was a requirement first for projects.
Basinstreetfollies 1 year ago 4
Wow she was still beautiful even in failing health and way on in years. This made me cry! I definitely think she was happy to receive it, I didn't get any feeling she wasn't. We love you Myrna!
GrissomLovesSara 1 year ago
shame on you, Academy, for waiting to give Myrna this award until she was 85!!! So many great artists go unrewarded...
FYC: Liv Ullmann for the next Honorary Oscar!!!!!
myfilmblog 1 year ago 4
@myfilmblog Indeed!
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
Cut to the chase, already, Myrna!
fishhead06 1 year ago
Wow, long speech of Myma
BOHEMIANMEX 1 year ago
indimenticabile norma
MrVargas68 1 year ago
Myrna Loy was such a babe in her younger days. I'll watch any movie with Myrna Loy.
leafyutube 1 year ago
seriosly myrna, try to look at least a little bit happy or even suprised. GOD, your like....a total glum glum. per chance a wave. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
dolphinjohnhawkins 1 year ago
Seems she's just being nice about it, as if to say "You give it to me NOW??". Like she barely smiled or waved into the camera or anything.
thesix107 1 year ago
@thesix107 I'm not sure by the time she received this award she had been in failing health for a long time. Had seen some photos of her from the mid 80s and it took a few people just to help her walk so by this point not sure what her physical condition was.
cmcb09 1 year ago
@thesix107 The woman was ill - leave her alone.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
I'm glad Myrna got the Honorary award - but only really after major lobbying by a number of her friends and colleagues. The Academy should include a quote of those people who are over a certain age, have been nominated but never succeeded, or who have had a remarkable contribution to film - AND GIVE THEM HONORARY AWARDS. Such as Eleanor Parker; Esther Williams; Kathryn Grayson etc.... THere are too many people who deserve to be get the award, but never have the chance.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
"You've made me very happy, thank you very much"
oh boy, whaaat an acceptance speech.
god.
TheFamousDeaths 1 year ago
One humble and straightforward line to say it all, "You made me very happy. Thank you very much."
predlycon 1 year ago
truly moving speech...
DisasterFlicks 1 year ago
SHE WAS GREAT....but I think Irene Dunne also deserved her honorary Oscar!
renata1934 1 year ago 5
@renata1934 I couldn't agree more. She was so overlooked. Not fair.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
@renata1934 I couldn't agree more. She was so overlooked. Not fair.
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
I wonder why she said what she did and why it was so brief? Anyone know? Was she sticking it to Hollywood for all her snubs and her co-star's?
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
i cry
yaimogwei 1 year ago
She seems completely different---and what a terribly short acceptance speech!
andeaver1937 1 year ago
The great scene in The Best Years Of Our Lives, when Frederic March returns home
is one of the great scenes in movie history.
Class Act.
RIP Myrna Loy, William Wyler and Frederid March
ToughXArmy69 1 year ago
Very inspiring and moving speech. Bravo!
DisasterFlicks 1 year ago
Angelica is looking kinda hot, I'd like to fuck her
buckwheat40 1 year ago
Myrna Loy was one of a kind.
brasscat007 1 year ago 8
Perfect acceptance speech; today's honorees should follow suit :-))
BonaDun 2 years ago 4
Shame on them for no standing ovation - i would have been straight on my feet no hesitation.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
Thank God she got that Oscar, just made her life complete.
Anjelica; those earrings!!!!!
skylur44 2 years ago 6
I don't know her age when the Oscar was presented to her, but she looks gorgeous!
MJMyrna 2 years ago 6
She was born in 1905 so she would be around 85 here.
lechaise 2 years ago 3
Great, great actress who made it look so easy. I had never seen her on screen until catching her in the Colombo episode "Etude in Black," where she played Blythe Danner's mother. Although brief, her appearance left a lasting impression. Years later I had the pleasure of seeing her work again in The Thin Man series.
phoebe150 2 years ago 6
i wish William Powell won oscar...
saveen3 2 years ago 7
I wish william powell had one an oscar too, what an extraordinary career he had. I often think Myrna overshawdowed him - but of course that was unintentional.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago 2
I wonder what Myrna was wearing underneath the blanket??? Wanna guess??? LOL
Valapaca 2 years ago
How inappropriate and disgusting
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
Its a skirt not a blanket
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
OMG she's still stunning here!
LuvmyAdelle 2 years ago 2
i remember the excellent film montage that was edited out in the middle.
I love Myrna Loy. I'm 33, and as a child was raised on films like "Cheaper By the Dozen" and "Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House". When I got older I discovered the Thin Man films, as well as her other 30's and 40's work like "Libeled Lady" and "The Best Years of Our Lives".
Tremendous talent- she is greatly missed.
mnmcv1 2 years ago 4
@mnmcv1 I have Mr.Blandings on VHS...I want ot get the thin man series. Want a martini.
MegaPatriot123 2 years ago 11
@mnmcv1
I remember this night but not the montage. I agree with all here who loved her and knew her to be one of the best, especially working with William Powell.
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
One of the best comedians in movies. Smart, gorgeous and whitty. "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" with her and Cary Grant is a classic.
pac401 2 years ago 4
@pac401 Love Mr. Blandings. One of the all time great movies with a wonderful supporting cast including Bill, Cary Grant's best friend, in the pic. I never remember his name but a star in his own right, and who can forget the water dowser.
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
Myrna Loy was the best! A class act that only comes around once in a blue moon. I wish that today's actresses could learn something. Truly a bygone era!
bigalnash 2 years ago 9
The last shot of Miss Loy from the montage was from "After The Thin Man", 1936. In the scene she turned to the movie theater audience and said, "See".
This was a comeback line after she had been insulted, called "A pot of money". This was the first time in movie history that the 4th wall was broken..giving an aside to the theater audience. This was before the Hope & Crosby films made it common place. God Bless Myrna Loy.
tallpaul521 2 years ago 8
mmm... speechs shoul be shorter
Veronikaynadamas 2 years ago 4
the introduction is longer than the acceptance speech.
MoontideJM 2 years ago
@MoontideJM
They always are for honorary oscars.
torchkit 2 years ago
?104th birthday?
Myrna Loy died in 1993 at the age of 88.
HunterOfArabia 2 years ago
I think your missing the point a bit!!!
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
I would like to wish the iconic Myrna Loy, a Happy 104th Birthday on Sunday, August 2nd 2009. Thank you for all the joyful, heart warming entertainment and for your fair-minded political beliefs dearest Myrna. May your legacy last forever more.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago 5
Angelica is SOOOOOO thin!!! <3 And a way with words. Her voice is lovely
PurpleMaster958Two 2 years ago
Well, she did NOT look amazing. Really now, can't we be honest? Here was a woman clearly suffering and with not long to live. She was terrific in and deserved an Oscar for "The Best Years of Our Lives".
ipmoic 2 years ago
She will always look amazing to me.
skot66 2 years ago 6
I once took a dozen red roses to Myrna Loy in NYC in 1990... they should've taped this earlier in the day when she was more coherent... she suffered more at night... still a splendid lady... who never graced the cover of LIFE magazine.
dreamwriterinc 2 years ago 6
hahahaha nbice speech i still love her she looks amazing! well deserved
ClassicMovieClub 2 years ago 3
:) Anjelica looked really beautiful. I love her voice
Minksu 2 years ago 4
Haha! Nice and short speech. But she still looked great.
leafyutube 2 years ago 2
anjelicas clothes are bonkers
quillber 2 years ago
yes why did she turn up in Lingerie?
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago 2
Myrna was such an intuitive and adored star. Sadly, not once during her illustrious career was she nominated for an Academy Award.
Myrna was one of the shamefully overlooked and she was not the only one.
Others who fell under the same circumstance were Marilyn Monroe, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow, Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, and Joel McCrea.
4262009AP 2 years ago 7
Myrna Loy was such a great actress. She had such a gift for acting. Despite her great ability's not once did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honor her with an Oscar nomination.
Sadly, Myrna was one of the many great performers of her day who was shamefully overlooked. Others who fell into the same circumstance as Myrna were:
Marilyn Monroe
Errol Flynn
John Barrymore
Rita Hayworth
Tyrone Power
Jean Harlow
Joel McCrea
4262009AP 2 years ago
had they lived long enough, they might have gotten one. i must say i am surprised mc crea didnt get one.
Marilyn Monroe
Errol Flynn
John Barrymore
Rita Hayworth
Tyrone Power
Jean Harlow
Joel McCrea
socialtalker1 2 years ago
@socialtalker1
Love Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn movies. Can't really say much about the others.
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
Mirna Loy forever !!!
Annp2009 2 years ago 3
One of the great actressess.
INTERNETVID 2 years ago 4
We must remember that this tribute was much longer, it has been cut. There was a delightful film tribute, ending with the B&W still shown on this item. Also, there was longer clapping.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
I don't know if there's a heaven. But, Myrna gave us Heaven on Earth with her movies. God Bless you dear Myrna.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago 5
Pensive classiness, beauty and thoughtfulness in all her performances and delivery of her lines. My faves of hers: Cheaper By The Dozen and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Way to go, Myrna!
italoman9 2 years ago 4
@italoman9 Cheaper by the Dozen is a fantastic movie, despite its misguided family planning notions.
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
Myrna looks radiant and beautiful despite her ill health.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago 6
angelica huston =) n hey you guys do you know if Raul Julia ever did a welcome or something in any events i know he did something to with a film score?
jg1988 2 years ago
She was certainly a great actress and a beautiful woman. I enjoy her movies still today.
johneee3 2 years ago 8
What a gorgeous woman
lovesjimmydean 3 years ago 5
Amazing to read these comments. To see how easily people lose focus . I knew Myrna from the age of 14. I am now 62. We lived across the street from each other, e.63rd. I dined with her nearly every week. She was not shy at all but private. A stately, polite, reserved and intelligent lady. She taught me much. She treated me always with respect and caring. This Oscar was simply too little, much too late. She was very ill at this time and had a live in nurse. It was Hollywood's failure not hers.
globalman 3 years ago 13
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myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
What did she have to say about the television movie, "Ants!"??? I was kinda surprised she would do trash like that...
CarolJiani 2 years ago
@globalman "This Oscar was simply too little, much too late."
Even if she didn't say it, it's definitely true in my opinion
jimbojamesIV 1 year ago
silly cow!
wiganer12 3 years ago
Was Myrna in a John Huston film? I don't recall. It was a very odd presentation, they should have asked Roddy MacDowall or Doris Day to do it. Myrna adored Doris and Roddy.
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Myrna knew Doris from Midnight Lace but she was absolute pals with Roddy since his boyhood. He would have been a good choice but the Oscars is more a political and media event rather than personal. Unfortunatley. Angela was more in the limelight at that time and Roddy not. Too Roddy was gay and so less popular in the community.
globalman 3 years ago 3
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myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
Midnight Lace is a wonderful film, made even better when Myrna arrives at the airport, she's a hoot!
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
i wish most actors would be as brief and as eloquent as she was that night in her speech (or lack of).
larrynod 3 years ago 4
She didn't even leave her New York apartment and I say "good for her!" Why should she? They should have given her the Oscar many years before. Today, and in future generations, people will see her in "The Best Years of Our Lives" and the "Thin Man" movies and fall in love with her all over again.
sallygal7 3 years ago 6
Please stop the negative comments about Myrna's lack of an appearance at the awards, and that she might have had some diva tantram on attending in L.A. and she couldn't be bothered to say anything more. The reality is she was a very modest and shy woman, and was also elderly and not in good health. Please leave her alone and lets cherish her memory. She was a wonderful actress and helped invent on screen audible acting. God bless her.
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago 11
What a build up! What a disappointment!
You made me very happy? I guess a raised eyebrow was more than enough.
Thank you Myrna anyhow! At least I respect that you are the model for the Columbia Pictures Trademark! That is immortality beyond the Oscar!
UncleChato 3 years ago
At the time she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Chemotherapy and a double mastectomy can make a person a little too tired to fly across country, or even give a long speech. She was probably helped into bed as soon as the camera shut off.
torchkit 3 years ago 12
Myrna Loy was not the model for Columbia Pictures. Evelyn Venable was the model for them.
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Right and wrong....Evelyn V was the model for the new 1936 version!
globalman 3 years ago
No disappointment here ..only massive respect. Myrna is a Goddess.
skot66 2 years ago 40
Why doesn't the Academy give Honorary Awards to the last living silent film actors who had lead roles as adults - Doris Eaton Travis, Miriam Seegar, Dorothy Janis and Barbara Kent?
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago 3
myrnaloysboy wrote: "Why doesn't the Academy give Honorary Awards to the last living silent film actors who had lead roles as adults - Doris Eaton Travis, Miriam Seegar, Dorothy Janis and Barbara Kent?"
The Academy does not give actors honorary awards simply for being elderly and still alive. None of those actors made an important enough contribution to film to deserve an Honorary Academy Award.
AuroraABC 2 years ago
Exactly. I would bet that less than 100 people in the entire country, let alone the motion picture industry, have ever even heard of those golden girls.
dannybex 2 years ago
you miss the point, I am not suggesting that.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
well done myrnaloysboy they do deserve honrary awards. AuroraABC is WRONG!
meantime 2 years ago 8
Angelica could have clapped more than twice!
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago 2
Anjelica's clap would have been too loud with the mic.
AdArmand 3 years ago
I loved her speech...straight and to the point...lol.
ladyvee7110 3 years ago 4
i love how she looked in the movies "the witches","addams family 1 & 2" shess the best
jg1988 3 years ago 2
totally. if only i was so glamorous!!
ZubinZubinZubin 3 years ago
... well that wasn't thoroughly rehearsed or anything!! I didn't even recognize Anjelica until she started talking --- grand high witch-ness!!
ZubinZubinZubin 3 years ago 3
It's awesome that Myrna finally got her Oscar!!!
She should have been nominated for THE THIN MAN (1934), THE RAINS CAME (1939), and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946).
I think she gave a very short speech as a way to get back at the Academy because they never nominated her for an Oscar. In 1968, Hitchcock was given the Iriving Thalberg Award, he just said thank you and left. Rumors said that night say that he only said thank you to get back at the Academy for not giving him a Director Oscar
astralagosto 3 years ago 6
"I Love You Again" with Miss Loy and William Powell is one of my favorites. A delightfully subversive, yet sweet and funny movie with a perfect ending. Myrna was never more beautiful, and the great William Powell at his best in a great role.
cleawox 3 years ago 4
God bless her. Thin Man series is the best!!!
redlion83 3 years ago 9
It is. Its one of those entertainment series which people wanted more, not say "Oh No, are they still being made!?"
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago 3
Myrna seemed to have a beautiful apartment
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
About time! The Academy Awards can't buy a clue.
IngridBergmanRocked 3 years ago
Debra Messing looks like young Myrna Loy.
pasfresh123 3 years ago 7
Well spotted, I've always throught that, and so have other people told me
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Debra also looks like a young Ingrid Bergman...But i see what you mean:)
BSTO88 3 years ago
OMG she is sooo beautiful my hair was just like Anjelica's for my prom
anjelicameryl27 3 years ago 3
Please can we have the Sophia Loren Honorary Oscar award, which was later at the same ceremony?
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Hermosa por siempre
Angelicalfenix 3 years ago
Both my names Myrna Angelica
MyrnaaaM 3 years ago
damn anjelica houston was beautiful
8data 3 years ago 6
@8data still is gorgeous lol
Kimmy1232000 1 year ago
Myrna is wonderful in Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House.
hitothecamera 3 years ago 5
Fingers crossed that ANJELICA gets the lifetime achievement one day.
AdArmand 3 years ago 2
you can always tell when someone is beautiful ... theres something about them that still look beautiful as the years shed by
JethroFilm 3 years ago 6
NOT remember Myrna Loy?! IMPOSSIBLE! Does anyone have access to Summer Solstice, her only appearance with Henry Fonda. The one clip I've seen is wonderful...
odannyboj 3 years ago 3
Myrna Loy was once called the Queen of Hollywood!! Her films are great, and she is truly an amazing actress...
GWTW4EVR 3 years ago 15
Angelica looks awesome here...
bbennett04 3 years ago 4
I am still trying to understand why they asked Anjelica to do the award. She was in no means connected to Myrna, nor did Myrna, as I recall appear in any of her father's movies. It seemed more appropriate to ask Doris Day, Maureen O'Sullivan or Sid Caesar to do it.
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago 2
Agreed.
xreddragonx 3 years ago
Anjelica, not only in name.
AdArmand 3 years ago 4
Oh by the way, please could we have Miss Fay Wray and Billy Crystal (70th Academy Awards), oh it would be such a treat to see her again. Can I please say thank you Academy for inviting her back, she is true Hollywood and the Academy should be so proud to pay tribute to her.
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Oh, why did they cut out the adorable montage of her before her speech? I wish she'd said a little more.
TheProfaneAngel 3 years ago 3
Please please please can we have the 50th "Oscar Family Album Celebrations" & 70th / 75th!!
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Wow! i DIDN'T THINK ANY BODY EXCEPT ME REMEMBERED HER. Great actress.
klaaaan 3 years ago 4
I'm not entirely sure why the cut out the tribute film
myrnaloysboy 3 years ago
Unfortunately, the Academy does not have the rights to show all the wonderful film clips that were a part of this tribute so we ha