Alias Nick and Nora – Two Documentary Profiles (William Powell: A True Gentleman / Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to) [DVD]

Description

William Powell : A True Gentleman (2005)
A biography on the life of William Powell narrated by Michael York.

Myrna Loy : So Nice to Come Home to (1990)
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy’s career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy – in “Manhattan Melodrama” and “The Thin Man.” Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It’s her style – seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence – that’s captured and celebrated here.