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MYRNA IN HOLLYWOOD. Emily W. Leider, author of Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood, gives an illustrated talk on the life of actress Myrna Loy. Followed by… MANHATTAN MELODRAMA, 1934, Warner Bros., 93 min. Dirs. W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor (uncredited). Hard gambler and racketeer Edward "Blackie" Gallagher (Clark Gable) and bookish district attorney and would-be governor Jim Wade (William Powell) have been lifelong friends, brought together by their both being orphans. When Blackie's girlfriend, Eleanor (Myrna Loy), leaves him for the more sensible Jim, there are no ill feelings between the friends, but when Blackie kills the D.A. running opposite Jim for the election of governor, Jim must face the most difficult case of his career: convicting his best friend of murder.

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What is Myrna in Hollywood/Manhattan Melodrama about?: MYRNA IN HOLLYWOOD. Emily W. Leider, author of Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood, gives an illustrated talk on the life of actress Myrna Loy. Followed by… MANHATTAN MELODRAMA, 1934, Warner Bros., 93 min. Dirs. W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor (uncredited). Hard gambler and racketeer Edward "Blackie" Gallagher (Clark Gable) and bookish district attorney and would-be governor Jim Wade (William Powell) have been lifelong friends, brought together by their both being orphans. When Blackie's girlfriend, Eleanor (Myrna Loy), leaves him for the more sensible Jim, there are no ill feelings between the friends, but when Blackie kills the D.A. running opposite Jim for the election of governor, Jim must face the most difficult case of his career: convicting his best friend of murder.