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May 21, 2018 · Irving Thalberg. Known as "Boy Wonder" for his considerable power at an early age, Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) was an influential film executive, first at Universal, then Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Before his death at the age of 37, Thalberg helped redefine how movies are made within the studio system and became the consummate movie mogul.
Sep 14, 2006 · Sept. 14, 1936: Irving Thalberg, the head of production at MGM, died in his Santa Monica home at the age of 37. Thalberg, who had long suffered from health problems, died of pneumonia, The Times ...
Nov 3, 2020 · Irving Gant Thalberg was born in 1899 from German-Jewish immigration parents. He had a congenital heart defect and was told that he probably wouldn’t make it past the age of 30. This made him live very intensively, as he was ambitious and intelligent and wanted to make the most out of his short life.
Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince. Hardcover – Illustrated, 9 Oct. 2009. Hollywood in the 1920s sparkled with talent, confidence, and opportunity. Enter Irving Thalberg of Brooklyn, who survived childhood illness to run Universal Pictures at twenty; co-found Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at twenty-four; and, make stars of Lon Chaney, Norma ...
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Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) Irving Thalberg was an immensely talented figure, a producer of films for MGM during the early years of Hollywood movies, he became one of the individuals responsible for the creation of the Hollywood movie industry. He died tragically young and in his short life he became known as the "Boy Wonder" for his ability to ...
Feb 1, 2005 · Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood: Directed by Robert Trachtenberg. With John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Cari Beauchamp, Wallace Beery. A tribute to producer Irving Thalberg.
Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M (Harry N. Abrams, 2008), is an art book comprising more than 250 photographs – about 200 of which previously unpublished – in addition to an anecdotal survey of Thalberg’s career, whereas Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince is a thorough, critical biography, which will come out via the University of California ...
