Myrna Loy (61 page)

8.

The Gilded Highway

March 13, 1926; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Dorothy Devore (Primrose Welby), John Harron (Jack Welby), Maclyn Arbuckle (Jonathan Welby), Myrna Loy (Irene Quartz), Florence Turner (Mrs. Welby), Sheldon Lewis (Uncle Nicholas Welby), Andrée Tourneur (Annabel).

9.

Why Girls Go Back Home

March 27, 1926; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by James Flood; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Patsy Ruth Miller (Marie Downey), Clive Brook (Clifford Dudley), Jane Winton (A Model), Myrna Loy (Sally Short), George O’Hara (John Ross), Joseph Dowling (Joe Downey).

10.

The Exquisite Sinner

March 28, 1926; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Phil Rosen, who replaced Josef von Sternberg; produced by MGM. Shelved before distribution.

Cast: Conrad Nagel (Dominique Prad), Renée Adorée (The Gypsy Maid, Silda), Paulette Duval (Yvonne), Frank Currier (Colonel), George K. Arthur (His Orderly), Matthew Betz (The Gypsy Chief, Secchi), Helena D’Algy and Claire Du Brey (Dominique’s sisters), Myrna Loy (The Living Statue).

11.

So This Is Paris

July 31, 1926; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Monte Blue (Dr. Eisenstein), Patsy Ruth Miller (Rosalind Eisenstein), Lilyan Tashman (Adela, a dancer), André Beranger (Alfred, her husband), Myrna Loy (Maid), Sidney D’Albrook (Cop).

12.

Don Juan

Aug. 6, 1926 (New York premiere); Feb. 19, 1927 (general release); ten reels, first Vitaphone film with synchronized sound effects and musical score, b&w.

Directed by Alan Crosland; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: John Barrymore (Don Juan/Don José), Mary Astor (Adriana Della Varnese), Willard Louis (Pedrillo), Estelle Taylor (Lucretia Borgia), Helene Costello (Rena, Adriana’s maid), Myrna Loy (Maia, Lucretia’s maid).

13.

Across the Pacific

Oct. 2, 1926; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Monte Blue (Monte), Jane Winton (Claire Marsh), Myrna Loy (Roma), Charles Stevens (Aguinaldo), Tom Wilson (Tom, Monte’s servant), Walter McGrail (Captain Grover).

14.

Millionaires

Nov. 13, 1926; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Herman C. Raymaker; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: George Sidney (Meyer Rubens), Louise Fazenda (Reba), Vera Gordon (Esther Rubens), Nat Carr (Maurice), Helene Costello (Ida), Arthur Lubin (Lew), Jane Winton (Lottie); ML an uncredited bit player.

15.

The Third Degree

Dec. 25, 1926; eight reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Michael Curtiz; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Dolores Costello (Annie Daly), Louise Dresser (Alicia Daly), Rockliffe Fellowes (Underwood), Jason Robards (Howard Jeffries Jr.), Kate Price (Mrs. Chubb), Tom Santschi (“Daredevil Daly”); ML an uncredited bit player.

16.

Finger Prints

Jan. 8, 1927; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Louise Fazenda (Dora Traynor), John T. Murray (Homer Fairchild), Helene Costello (Jacqueline Norton), Myrna Loy (The Vamp), George Nichols (S. V. Sweeney), Martha Mattox (Mother Malone), Franklin Pangborn (The Bandoline Kid).

17.

When a Man Loves

Feb. 3, 1927 (New York premiere); Aug. 21, 1927 (general release); ten reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Alan Crosland; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: John Barrymore (Chevalier Fabien des Grieux), Dolores Costello (Manon Lescaut), Warner Oland (André Lescaut), Sam De Grasse (Comte Guillot de Morfontaine), Holmes Herbert (Jean Tiberge), Stuart Holmes (Louis XV, King of France), Marcelle Corday (Marie); ML in bit role as prostitute.

18.

Bitter Apples

April 23, 1927; six reels, silent, b&w. (ML’s first star billing)

Directed by Harry O. Hoyt; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Monte Blue (John Wyncote), Myrna Loy (Belinda White), Paul Ellis (Stefani Blanco), Charles Hill Mailes (Cyrus Thornden), Sidney De Grey (Joseph Blanco).

19.

The Climbers

May 14, 1927; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Paul L. Stein; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Irene Rich (Duchess of Arrogan), Clyde Cook (Pancho Mendoza), Forrest Stanley (Duke Córdova/El Blanco), Flobelle Fairbanks (Laska, the Duchess’s daughter), Myrna Loy (Countess Veya), Anders Randolf (Martínez).

20.

Simple Sis

June 11, 1927; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Herman C. Raymaker; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Louise Fazenda (Sis), Clyde Cook (Jerry O’Grady), Myrna Loy (Edith Van), William Demarest (Oscar), Billy Kent Schaeffer (Buddy), Cathleen Calhoun (Mrs. Brown, Buddy’s mother).

21.

The Heart of Maryland

July 23, 1927; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Dolores Costello (Maryland Calvert), Jason Robards (Maj. Alan Kendrick), Warner Richmond (Capt. Fulton Thorpe), Helene Costello (Nancy), Carroll Nye (Lloyd Calvert), Charles Edward Bull (Abraham Lincoln), Orpha Alba (Mammy), Myrna Loy (Mulatta).

22.

A Sailor’s Sweetheart

Sept. 24, 1927; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Louise Fazenda (Cynthia Botts), Clyde Cook (Sandy MacTavish), Myrna Loy (Claudette Ralston), William Demarest (Detective), John Miljan (Mark Krisel), Dorothea Wolbert (Lena Svenson), Tom Ricketts (Professor Meekham).

23.

The Jazz Singer

Oct. 6, 1927 (New York premiere); Feb. 4, 1928 (general release); nine reels (90 min.), silent with sound and talking sequences, musical score and sound effects by Vitaphone, b&w.

Directed by Alan Crosland; produced by the Vitaphone Corporation/Warner Bros. Pictures; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Al Jolson (Jakie Rabinowitz, also known as Jack Robin), May McAvoy (Mary Dale), Warner Oland (The Cantor “Papa” Rabinowitz), Eugenie Besserer (Sara “Mama” Rabinowitz), Bobby Gordon (Jakie, at age thirteen), Otto Lederer (Moisha Yudelson [The Kibbitzer]), Richard Tucker (Harry Lee); ML in bit role as chorus girl.

24.

The Girl from Chicago

Nov. 19, 1927; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Ray Enright; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Conrad Nagel (Handsome Joe), Myrna Loy (Mary Carlton), William Russell (“Big Steve” Drummond), Carroll Nye (Bob Carlton), Paul Panzer (Dopey), Erville Alderson (Colonel Carlton).

25.

If I Were Single

Dec. 17, 1927; seven reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: May McAvoy (May Howard), Conrad Nagel (Ted Howard), Myrna Loy (Joan), André Beranger (Claude).

26.

Ham and Eggs at the Front

Dec. 24, 1927; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Tom Wilson (Ham), Heinie Conklin (Eggs), Myrna Loy (Fifi), William J. Irving (Von Friml), Noah Young (Sergeant), Louise Fazenda (Cally Brown).

27.

Beware of Married Men

Jan. 14, 1928; six reels, silent with sound sequences and music score by Vitaphone, also a silent version, b&w.

Directed by Archie Mayo; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Irene Rich (Myra Martin), Clyde Cook (Botts), Audrey Ferris (Helene Martin), Myrna Loy (Juanita Sheldon), Richard Tucker (Leonard Gilbert), Stuart Holmes (Huntley Sheldon), Hugh Allan (Ralph).

28.

What Price Beauty?

Jan. 22, 1928 (filmed in 1925); five reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Thomas Buckingham; produced by Natacha Rambova and S. George Ullman; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Inc.

Cast: Nita Naldi (Rita Rinaldi), Pierre Gendron (John Clay), Virginia Pearson (Mary), Dolores Johnson, Myrna Loy (Vamp), Sally Winters.

29.

A Girl in Every Port

Feb. 26, 1928; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Howard Hawks; produced by William Fox for Fox Film Corp.; distributed by Fox Film Corp.

Cast: Victor McLaglen (Spike Madden), Maria Casajuana (Chiquita), Natalie Joyce (Girl in Panama), Dorothy Mathews (Girl in Panama), Elena Jurado (Girl in Panama), Louise Brooks (Marie, girl in France), Francis McDonald (Gang leader), Leila Hyams (The sailor’s wife), Robert Armstrong (Salami), Sally Rand (Girl in Bombay); ML in uncredited bit as (Girl in the Orient).

30.

Turn Back the Hours

March 12, 1928; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Howard Bretherton; produced by Sam Sax, Gotham Productions; distributed by Lumas Film Corp.

Cast: Myrna Loy (Tiza Torreon), Walter Pidgeon (Phillip Drake), Sam Hardy (“Ace” Kearney), George Stone (“Limey” Stokes), Sheldon Lewis (“Breed”), Josef Swickard (Colonel Torreon).

31.

The Crimson City

April 7, 1928; six reels, silent, b&w.

Directed by Archie Mayo; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Myrna Loy (Onoto), John Miljan (Gregory Kent), Leila Hyams (Nadine Howells), Matthew Betz (“Dagger” Foo), Anders Randolf (Major Howells), Sojin (Sing Yoy), Anna May Wong (Su), Richard Tucker (Richard Brand).

32.

Pay as You Enter

May 12, 1928; five reels, silent with sound sequences and music score by Vitaphone, also a silent version, b&w.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Louise Fazenda (Mary Smith), Clyde Cook (Clyde Jones), William Demarest (“Terrible Bill” McGovern), Myrna Loy (Yvonne de Russo).

33.

State Street Sadie

Aug. 25, 1928; seven reels, silent with musical score and talking sequences by Vitaphone, also a silent version (nine reels), b&w.

Directed by Archie Mayo; produced and distributed by Warner Bros.

Cast: Conrad Nagel (Ralph Blake), Myrna Loy (Isobel/State Street Sadie), William Russell (“The Bat”), Georgie Stone (Slinkey), Pat Hartigan (“The Bull”).

34.

The Midnight Taxi

Sept. 1, 1928; six reels, Vitaphone sound, also silent version Oct. 3, 1928, b&w.

Directed by John G. Adolfi; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Antonio Moreno (Tony Driscoll), Helene Costello (Nan Parker), Myrna Loy (Gertie Fairfax), William Russell (Joseph Brant), Tommy Dugan (Al Corvini), Bobby Agnew (Jack Madison), Pat Hartigan (Detective Blake).

35.

Fancy Baggage

Jan. 26, 1929; eight reels, sound with Vitaphone talking sequences, musical score, sound effects, also silent version Feb. 23, 1929, b&w.

Directed by John G. Adolfi; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Audrey Ferris (Naomi Iverson), Myrna Loy (Myrna), George Fawcett (Iverson), Hallam Cooley (Dickey), Wallace MacDonald (Ernest Hardin), Edmund Breese (John Hardin), Eddie Gribbon (Steve), Burr McIntosh (Austin).

36.

Hardboiled Rose

March 30, 1929; six reels, silent with Vitaphone talking sequences, musical score, sound effects, also silent version May 4, 1929, b&w.

Directed by F. Harmon Weight; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Myrna Loy (Rose Duhamel), William Collier Jr. (Edward Malo), John Miljan (Steve Wallace), Gladys Brockwell (Julie Malo), Lucy Beaumont (Grandmama Duhamel), Ralph Emerson (John Trask), Edward Martindel (Jefferson Duhamel), Otto Hoffman (Apyton Hale), Floyd Shackelford (Butler).

37.

The Desert Song

April 8, 1929 (New York premiere); thirteen reels, sound (Vitaphone), b&w, with some sequences in two-strip Technicolor.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. (ML’s first speaking role)

Cast: John Boles (The Red Shadow/Pierre Birbeau), Carlotta King (Margot), Louise Fazenda (Susan), Johnny Arthur (Bennie Kid, a reporter), Edward Martindel (General Birbeau), Myrna Loy (Azuri).

38.

The Black Watch

May 8, 1929 (Los Angeles premiere); June 2, 1929 (general release); ten reels, sound (Movietone), b&w.

Directed by John Ford; produced by William Fox; distributed by Fox Film Corp.

Cast: Victor McLaglen (Capt. Donald Gordon King), Myrna Loy (Yasmini), David Rollins (Lieut. Malcolm King), Lumsden Hare (Colonel of the Black Watch), Roy D’Arcy (Rewa Chunga), Mitchell Lewis (Mohammed Khan).

39.

The Squall

May 9, 1929 (New York premiere); eleven reels, sound (Vitaphone), also silent version June 23, 1929, b&w.

Directed by Alexander Korda; produced by Richard A. Rowland for First National Pictures; distributed by First National Pictures.

Cast: Myrna Loy (Nubi), Richard Tucker (Josef Lajos), Alice Joyce (Maria, his wife) Carroll Nye (Paul), Loretta Young (Irma), Harry Cording (Peter), ZaSu Pitts (Lena).

40.

Noah’s Ark

Nov. 1, 1928 (Hollywood opening); June 15, 1929 (general release); eleven reels, silent with Vitaphone talking sequences and musical score, also silent version July 27, 1929, b&w.

Directed by Michael Curtiz; produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast: Dolores Costello (Mary/Miriam), George O’Brien (Travis/Japheth), Noah Beery (Nickoloff/King Nephilim), Louise Fazenda (Hilda/tavern maid), Guinn “Big Boy” Williams (Al/Ham), Myrna Loy (Dancer in Broadway sequence/slave girl in biblical sequence).