Stamboul Quest at least to me on viewing it seemed that MGM was still looking to see if they could cast Myrna Loy in those exotic female parts before
she teamed with William Powell as the ideal wife. This was clearly a part
that Greta Garbo should have done, but I'm betting Garbo rejected it.
Loy plays a German spy masquerading as an English socialite and she attracts the attention of visiting medical student George Brent. Loy was OK in the role but Brent is ludicrously miscast. In a year MGM would have had Robert Taylor ready for this kind of naive callow youth part. Look how well Taylor played one in Camille.z
Not one of Myrna Loy's best.
Loy plays a German spy masquerading as an English socialite and she attracts the attention of visiting medical student George Brent. Loy was OK in the role but Brent is ludicrously miscast. In a year MGM would have had Robert Taylor ready for this kind of naive callow youth part. Look how well Taylor played one in Camille.z
Not one of Myrna Loy's best.