Myrna Loy, The Rains Came (1939)
When they were shooting The Rains Came, Myrna´s marriage with Arthur Hornblow Jr. was on the rocks and she was having a hard time. And even though she never mentioned a word of her problems to Tyrone, he seemed to sense something and he “made it his own business” to cheer her up by approaching with a long-stemmed bird of paradise in a Coke bottle, bowing and making a grand gesture of presenting it to her. "That typified the little things he would do. I’m sorry to report that we weren’t lovers, but close to it. I loved him, but he was married to that damn Frenchwoman.”
Thomas Ransome: Well, don’t waste your time. He’s a surgeon and a scientist. Any interest he might have in romance is purely biological.
Lady Edwina Esketh:
You make him sound even more exciting.
Myrna Loy, The Rains Came (1939).
That’s why we didn’t get on. You’ve always wanted a woman to treat you like a god. I treated you as if you were just as bad as myself.
Myrna Loy as Lady Edwina Esketh in The Rains Came (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy, The Rains Came (1939)
Myrna Loy as Lady Edwina Esketh in The Rains Came (1939)
When they were shooting The Rains Came, Myrna´s marriage with Arthur Hornblow Jr. was on the rocks and she was having a hard time. And even though she never mentioned a word of her problems to Tyrone, he seemed to sense something and he “made it his own business” to cheer her up by approaching with a long-stemmed bird of paradise in a Coke bottle, bowing and making a grand gesture of presenting it to her. “That typified the little things he would do. I’m sorry to report that we weren’t lovers, but close to it. I loved him, but he was married to that damn Frenchwoman.”
“Ty Power was one of the nicest human beings I´ve ever known, a really divine man, perceptive and thoughtful. That happened to be a bad time for me. There were problems at home, the beginnings of a real trouble with Arthur. I felt my world falling to pieces around me. I never discussed it with Ty - I didn´t know him that well then - but he sensed it and made it his own business to cheer me up. When I came on the set one morning, he approached with a long-stemmed bird of paradise in a Coke bottle, bowing and making a grand gesture of presenting it to me. That typified the little things he would do. I´m sorry to report t that we weren´t lovers, but close to it. I loved him, but he was married to that damn Frenchwoman.”
Myrna Loy, Being and Becoming