The Myrna Loy Phallacy

 John Dillinger

The Thin Man 

For decades, there has been a story spread by Hollywood, that John Dillinger was lured to his death, by a lady in a red dress as he entered the Biograph Cinema to see a Myrna Loy film.

It is part fact, but a lot of Hollywood hype.

Facts

He was lured to the cinema to see a film.

The lady was wearing a red dress.

Fiction

The film did NOT feature Myrna Loy, at the time of the shooting she was appearing in The Thin Man series with William Powell

The Thin Man Mystery

 The Missing box set

The Unsolved Mystery

The Thin man

A year ago, I ordered the Thin Man series from eBay of films for my wife, they never arrived before her death in January,2025.

This is where the mystery begins. The set was supposed to have been delivered, and handed to me, but I could not find the DVDs, at first I thought I had misplaced a small set. After having a second set arrive, months later, the mystery only deepened, the set is wider than than the spread of my hand, how could I misplace, and lose such an item?

One answer comes to mind, they were delivered to the wrong address, and the people are dishonest, and kept my DVDs.

I am losing my memory

 The Thin Man Mystery

                                                             Missing DVDs

Two months ago, I ordered The Complete Thin Man Collection box set from eBay; they arrived, yet I have no recollection of the delivery, but I recall seeing them in our front room. Now, I can't find the set; the easiest thing to do would be to re-order the set, they are worth the £25 I paid, but that wouldn't solve the question of what happened to the first set?

This isn't the first time something like this happened in the months since my wife passed away in January, a few weeks after she died, we had a visit from a member of Bristol City Council about tenancy changes, I put my keys down, and have not seen them in the last six months