Word: loy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Steve Morgan Max Baer Belle Mercer Myrna Loy Willie Ryan Otto Kruger The Professor Walter Huston Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey...
...part with a certain amount of finesse; his rendition is unquestionably adequate. Whether this anomaly is to be attributed to a general low standard of acting in the films or whether it is due to some innate ability in Mr. Baer, is a problem for individual solution. Myrna Loy and Walter Buston turn in their usual creditable performances, and Otto Kruger manages, in spite of the natural limitations of his trite role, to touch the high spots from time to time...
...coolly and shrewdly but somehow never quite pulls the picture into perfect focus. Partly because the acting and camera work are splendid and partly because it is a sincere effort to investigate an engrossing subject, Night Flight remains an exciting and intelligent production. Robert Montgomery, Lionel Barrymore, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, have minor roles. Good shot: Jules Fabian's plane breaking through the clouds into moonlight...
...Penthouse," Loew's Orpheum--Myrna Loy does not have much to do; that is unfortunate. However, you will see enough of her to make you forget that you are seeing an old situation again...
...next admirer (Phillips Holmes) is accused of murdering a onetime sweetheart at a penthouse party. The real murderer is another gangster, rival to Gazotti, named Jim Crelliman (C. Henry Gordon). Lawyer Durant brings him to justice, forms what looks like a lasting attachment with the sleek underworld girl (Myrna Loy) who helps him. Adapted from a story by Arthur Somers Roche and ably directed by William S. Van Dyke-whose specialty heretofore has been wild animal pictures- Penthouse is good, straightforward Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerdrama, with glass doors and modern furniture. Most exciting shot: one of Crelliman's underlings (George...