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==Legacy== [[File:Test Pilot 3 1938.JPG|right|thumb|With [[Clark Gable]] in ''[[Test Pilot (film)|Test Pilot]]'']] [[File:Grauman's Myrna Loy.jpg|thumb|Loy's block in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].]] A building at [[Sony Pictures Studios]], formerly MGM Studios, in Culver City is named in her honor.<ref>[http://www.sonypicturesstudios.com/clientsection/downloads/SPELotMap.pdf "Sony Pictures Studios: Studio Lot Map"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928114232/http://www.sonypicturesstudios.com/clientsection/downloads/SPELotMap.pdf |date=September 28, 2007}}, sonypicturesstudios.com. Retrieved December 24, 2010.</ref> A cast of her handprint and her signature are in the sidewalk in front of Theater 80, on [[St. Mark's Place (Manhattan)|St. Mark's Place]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/ST%20MARKS/sidewalk.html "Village Sidewalk"], forgotten-ny.com. Retrieved December 24, 2010.</ref> In 1936, Loy was honored with a block in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kushigemachi |first=Todd |date=2012-07-23 |title=From the archives |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/from-the-archives-1118056738/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> For her contribution to the film industry, Loy has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6685 Hollywood Boulevard. The ceremony for that star was held on February 8, 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Myrna Loy |url=https://walkoffame.com/myrna-loy/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> [[Steel Pole Bath Tub]] has a song on their 1991 album [[Tulip (album)|''Tulip'']] that is both named after Loy and samples dialogue from one of her films ("Stinky Davis" story, excerpted from ''[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]'', 1944). In 1991, The Myrna Loy<ref name="cinematreasures/34826">{{cite web |title=Myrna Loy Center in Helena, MT |url=http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/34826 |website=[[Cinema Treasures]] |access-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123005717/http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/34826 |archive-date=23 January 2022}}</ref> Center for the Performing and Media Arts opened in downtown Helena, not far from Loy's childhood home. Located in the historic Lewis and Clark Country Jail, it sponsors live performances and alternative films for underserved audiences.<ref>[http://helenair.com/helena/myrna-loy-center-feels-financial-woes----theater/article_a5773256-c1ed-5c75-970c-d18b5af243e2.html Myrna Loy Center for the Performing and Media Arts website]; Helenair.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.</ref> The songwriter [[Josh Ritter]] included a song about Loy, called “Myrna Loy”, on his 2017 album ''Gathering''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josh Ritter - Myrna Loy |url=https://genius.com/Josh-ritter-myrna-loy-lyrics}}</ref>
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