Film School: Una Merkel

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Una Merkel did have a scattering of lead roles early in her career, but she truly found her groove as the second female lead, backing up almost every major leading lady—Carole Lombard, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell, Jean Harlow—of the era. Though it was certainly her bread and butter, Merkel could slip out of the bestie mold. She made a lot of underrated gems, but she could also be depended upon to lift sub-par fare—or to quote Patricia Keats in a 1934 edition of, “All the critics will tell you that the Merkel gal has certainly done her part towards saving dull and dreary pictures from utter boredom.” From playing Lincoln’s first love Ann Rutledge in the stodgy D.W.

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