2 weeks ago on May/09/2012 at 11:14pm with 187 notes • Reblog
#Myrna Loy  #William Powell  #The Powells  #omg this is so sad yet beautiful  #I'm too emotional this evening  #This is almost making me cry  #God - I need to watch something funny now  #hmmm ... maybe a Minnie and Bill comedy 
tracylord: “When I reached Hollywood, Bill sent me dozens of roses - I´d never seen so many roses - and invited me to dinner. This is bad, I thought; something´s wrong here. […] During dinner, Bill suddenly looked straight into my eyes. “Minnie,” he blurted out, “I´m retiring.” It stunned me. “I´m hitting sixty-five,” he explained defensively, “and I´m tired.” “Oh, it´s that bad, is it?” I scoffed, indicating the pillow and comforter on the back of his chair. Of course, he was thirteen years older than I and had a long start on me professionally. I remember admiring his consummate villainy  in pictures like The Bright Shawl and Romola when I was starting out at Grauman´s. “Mister Roberts did me in,” he continued; “that long location in Hawaii, Jack Ford getting sick, Melvyn LeRoy coming in. Minnie, I wouldn’t even groom my mustache again, much less learn a movie role.” So that was the end of that. Bill´s retirement was a blow personally and professionally but I never confronted him with it. He knew how I felt, there was no need to belabor it.” Myrna Loy, Being and Becoming

tracylord:

“When I reached Hollywood, Bill sent me dozens of roses - I´d never seen so many roses - and invited me to dinner. This is bad, I thought; something´s wrong here. […]

During dinner, Bill suddenly looked straight into my eyes. “Minnie,” he blurted out, “I´m retiring.” It stunned me. “I´m hitting sixty-five,” he explained defensively, “and I´m tired.”

“Oh, it´s that bad, is it?” I scoffed, indicating the pillow and comforter on the back of his chair. Of course, he was thirteen years older than I and had a long start on me professionally. I remember admiring his consummate villainy  in pictures like The Bright Shawl and Romola when I was starting out at Grauman´s.

“Mister Roberts did me in,” he continued; “that long location in Hawaii, Jack Ford getting sick, Melvyn LeRoy coming in. Minnie, I wouldn’t even groom my mustache again, much less learn a movie role.”

So that was the end of that. Bill´s retirement was a blow personally and professionally but I never confronted him with it. He knew how I felt, there was no need to belabor it.”

Myrna Loy, Being and Becoming

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lucynic83:

Jean Arthur and William Powell in The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, 1936

#Jean Arthur  #William Powell  #The Ex Mrs. Bradford  #PERFECTION  #You're my bread and butter Brad  
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2 months ago on February/29/2012 at 02:14pm with 63 notes • Reblog
#I think I might have just died  #*_____________*  #Minnie and Bill  #Myrna Loy  #William Powell  #The Powells  #Smoke Dream 
khaoschilde: My first attempt at this sort of thing. Not sure I pulled it off. I’ve seen others which was more just an outline of the face but I wanted Myrna to be more prominent. Obviously I need to tinker with my technique more. Anyway, I love this shot of William and the cigarette offered a chance at manipulation. I’m not sure what to title it.

khaoschilde:

My first attempt at this sort of thing. Not sure I pulled it off. I’ve seen others which was more just an outline of the face but I wanted Myrna to be more prominent. Obviously I need to tinker with my technique more. Anyway, I love this shot of William and the cigarette offered a chance at manipulation. I’m not sure what to title it.

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