Nico Orsini’s last thoughts, as he faced imminent death, were of Myrna Loy, on whom he had bestowed the honor of being, “The greatest dame alive.” He sang her praises, to friends and family alike — until, he suspected, they were so bored by his devotion, that it might even have hurt her box-office in the greater New York City area!
On the silver screen, she could do it all, but outside of a movie theatre, even Myrna’s Nora Charles couldn’t save him from a man waving a gun in his face!
