Lea, classic hollywood enthusiast, cinephile. Norma Shearer and Myrna Loy are my queens.
Such an unholy mess of a girl
Acting gods and goddesses
Katharine Hepburn: 4 Best Actress Oscars, 12 nonimations
Meryl Streep: 1 Best supp. Actress win, 2 Best Actress wins, 17 nominations
Ingrid Bergman: 1 Best supp. Actress win, 2 Best Actress wins, 7 nominations
Bette Davis: 2 Best Actress wins, 10 nominations
Daniel Day-Lewis: 3 Best Actor wins, 5 nominations
Jack Nicholson: 1 Best supp. Actor win, 2 Best Actor wins, 12 nominations
Spencer Tracy: 2 Best Actor wins, 9 nominations
Marlon Brando: 2 Best Actor wins, 8 nomiations
Laurence Olivier: 1 Best Actor win, 10 nominations
He was Pops and I was Kitten and we kept those names till the day he died. If I was ever in trouble or happy times or he would sense or know that I needed his big bear-like arms around me, he would send the most wonderful telegrams and it was always just to Kitten and always signed Pops. And we kept that wonderful supportive friendship that meant so much to me. And years would go by, we were always Pops and Kitten.
Elizabeth Taylor
Spencer Tracy, 1949
The Gable-Tracys
Handsome Spectacles of Horny-ness: Horn-rimmed Glasses
Spencer Tracy photographed by Imogen Cunningham, 1932.
Spencer Tracy, 1932
Spencer Tracy visits Myrna Loy on set
Five Favourite Myrna Loy Films
→ Test Pilot (1938)
“I know you! You´re the prince! A nice, charming prince right out of the sky. A young girl’s dream. And I’ve been waiting for you, all my life. That´s why no other man ever touched the tip of my finger. I have lived for a prince!
250 Films Meme | 150 | Woman of the Year (1942)
↳ Favourite 44/50
Five Favourite Myrna Loy Films
→ Libeled Lady (1936)
Bill Chandler: I thought that was rather clever of me.
Connie Allenbury: Yes, I thought you thought so.
