Myrna Loy abortion old HollywoodThe intricate history of the studio system’s production of stars is filled with manipulation, cover-ups, excised histories, and a gossip press willing to overlook it all as it behooves its own interests…. 

If and when the stars did misbehave, each studio employed “fixers” to cover up the evidence (which included bribing cops, paying off mistresses, and arranging for abortions).

~ Anne Helen Petersen, “The down and dirty history of TMZ,” Buzz Feed, July 24

[Photo is of actress Myrna Loy, who later admitted to an abortion in her autobiography, High Times, Hard Times]

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