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Word: loy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...westerns have had, it has the proper ingredients-the chase on horseback, pearl-handled revolvers, the kidnaped girl, the cattle-stealer. It lacks continuity but is worth the while of anyone who regrets that picture companies have turned from the original sources of their inspiration. Best part: Myrna Loy as the jealous wife of an amorous cowman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 29, 1930 | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

...Manhattan, two old Chinese, Eng Loy, 51, and his cousin Eng Fu-wee, 62, retired to their room. Eng Loy asked for a blanket. Eng Fu-wee refused to give him one. Eng Loy grabbed the blanket. Eng Fu-wee hit Eng Loy with a meat cleaver. Eng Loy found a meat cleaver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 19, 1930 | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

When separated, half an hour later, both were covered with blood, both had had their skulls fractured many times. Doctors said Eng Loy might not live. Eng Fu-wee soon died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 19, 1930 | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

...Palace circuit. A sheep in wolf's clothing, he sometimes retaliates for his discomfort by glossing his role with furtive mockery, quickly suppressed. Some of the photography is pretty and the theme song, "Under a Texas Moon," better than the average. Silliest shot: Fay eloping with Myrna Loy, when he might have had Armida or Raquel Torres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 14, 1930 | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

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