Quotables 17 September 2024: Myrna Loy on her lack of success in marriage

Actress Myrna Loy in ‘A Connecticut Yankee’, 1931, Fox Film Corporation

JD Vance and the rest of the extreme natalists and zealous pro-marriage advocates in today’s Republican Party would be appalled: ‘Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg’.

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Photo: actress Myrna Loy in 1931’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee’, adorned in sumptuous attire befitting a queen. Her elaborate and resplendent crown rests upon her brow like a circlet of stars, glittering with jewels that seem to capture the very light of the heavens. Her gown, richly embroidered with fine threads of gold and silver, cascades down her form, while a necklace of exquisite gems graces her neck. Her steady and serene gaze suggests both wisdom and power, as though she commands dominion over all she surveys. A vision of majesty and grace, Myrna Loy embodies the very essence of royalty.

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Melva Frances Cornell Lachmann, 1904 - 1960

Photo: Albert Witzel

An obscure Ziegfeld Girl of the 1920s, Melva Frances Cornell Lachmann, a classmate of Myrna Loy at Hollywood High School, graced the silver screen in a single credited role, the now-lost 1929 film ‘Fox Movietone Follies’. She subsequently found employment in the publicity department at 20th Century Fox. Fate dealt a cruel hand to Mrs Lachmann, as she lost both her husband, Marc Lachmann, and her young son to leukaemia in the 1940s. She passed away in January 1960, at the tender age of 55.

Photo: an autographed portrait of the actress Melva Frances Cornell Lachmann, captured by the lens of photographer Albert Witzel, circa 1929. A serene expression adorns her countenance as her gaze is directed slightly upward and to the side, exuding an almost wistful demeanour. Her eyes are wide and expressive, framed by dark, well-defined brows. She is dressed in a sombre garment, with a long string of pearls draped gracefully over her hand and across her chest.

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