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Favorite Golden Era Couples

scotrace

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I remember an interview with Myrna in which she talked about Clark Gable. She said that Gable always slept with his leading ladies, and expected the same when he was paired with her (Miss Loy). She said that she felt badly for Clark, because he was sort of trapped in this macho persona and everyone expected him to be what he was on-screen.
So one evening Gable shows up at the door of Myrna Loy, and he's charming and asking to come in, and she turned him down flat and sent him off. And they worked fine together. (whatever picture it was)

I've never heard any buzz about she and William Powell, but they certainly had chemistry on screen.
 
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I remember an interview with Myrna in which she talked about Clark Gable. She said that Gable always slept with his leading ladies, and expected the same when he was paired with her (Miss Loy). She said that she felt badly for Clark, because he was sort of trapped in this macho persona and everyone expected him to be what he was on-screen.
So one evening Gable shows up at the door of Myrna Loy, and he's charming and asking to come in, and she turned him down flat and sent him off. And they worked fine together. (whatever picture it was)

I've never heard any buzz about she and William Powell, but they certainly had chemistry on screen.

I believe Powell was a quite a player himself in the 30s, several marriages, including an early one to Carole Lombard, plus a relationship with Jean Harlow. What's nice is that (based on what I remember of what I've read) despite being a player, his former wives and lovers almost always had good things to say about him. He might have been a player, but it seems he did it in a respectful way.
 

Fibber Mcgee

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Reading these posts , there are some great couples. Movies today don't seem to develop the relationship between movie couples. I do have to admit I haven't seen a new movie in several years.
 

MissMittens

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You're right Fibber, movies today just throw a big name guy and a lesser-known leading lady, or vice versa. There aren't any pairs. Acting today is also horrible. Movies seem to be primarily special-effects or videography-driven rather than by plot or acting
 
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Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch

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Fibber Mcgee

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You're right Fibber, movies today just throw a big name guy and a lesser-known leading lady, or vice versa. There aren't any pairs. Acting today is also horrible. Movies seem to be primarily special-effects or videography-driven rather than by plot or acting
I like the "acting" of the old movies. One of the most attractive things about Myrna Loy is the facial expressions she makes ,they just draw you in. Just like Lucille Ball , her facial expressions make the comedy.
 

Levallois

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William Powell and Myrna Loy were IT when it came to an on screen couple with chemistry. The Thin Man movies? I aspire to banter with a witty and beautiful woman like that some day.

And lay-off Lauren Bacall ! My daughter is named Lauren because of To Have and Have Not. LB didn't need to act.
 

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