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Mina Loy online is a collection of poems and essays written by Mina Loy (1882-1966). Loy was an important avant-garde poet during WWI. Her challenging and experimentally formatted work has never been properly represented online, until now. Loy Krathong is not a public holiday. It falls on Sunday, November 1, 2020 and most businesses follow regular Sunday opening hours in Thailand. Loy Krathong Observances.
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(born 1931), German former professional football goalkeeper., American diplomat and former United States Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs. (born 1942), United States Coast Guard admiral, former TSA administrator, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S.
Loy was the daughter of a rancher and moved to Los Angeles in 1918, working first as a dancer in a chorus line, then as a bit player in the 1925 production of Ben-Hur. Her small role as an exotic mistress fixed her style for the next decade. In her subsequent and increasingly important roles—such as those in Arrowsmith (1931), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), and Love Me Tonight (1932)—Loy personified the foreign vamp for American audiences.
She broke out of this screen mold with her role as a wise and worldly torn between a rogue gambler and a straitlaced attorney ( ) in Manhattan Melodrama (1934). She and Powell again teamed to portray the husband-and-wife detective team of Nick and Nora Charles in (1934).
An enormously effective screen partnership, Loy and Powell appeared in 13 films together, often as the witty, sophisticated, martini-loving Charleses or as characters not far removed from them. The popularity of The Thin Man spawned numerous sequels, with After the Thin Man (1936) frequently cited as the best film in the series. Loy’s other standout films of the period include The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), Test Pilot (1938), The Rains Came (1939), I Love You Again (1940), and Love Crazy (1941). Loy’s screen persona appealed to men and women: she evinced equality in a male-dominated world (or at least emerged wiser and more level-headed than her male counterparts in roles that called for her to be the subservient spouse), and her combination of beauty and brains made male audiences regard her as the ideal mate.During she worked with the and later served as a representative to the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Loy appeared on-screen less frequently after the war, dividing her time between and political causes. She was an officer and adviser of the National Committee Against in Housing and was a member of the Committee for the, a group of prominent Hollywood actors who protested the actions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Nevertheless, she still delivered excellent performances in such well-received films as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Red Pony (1949), and Cheaper by the Dozen (1950). In her later years Loy toured extensively in stage productions and occasionally accepted character roles in films. One of her final roles came in Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), a middling comedy made worthwhile by Loy’s scene-stealing performance.
She was awarded an honorary for life achievement in 1991.