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21 de may. de 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.
14 de sept. de 2006 · Thalberg, MGM’s ‘Boy Wonder,’ dies. 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 ...
3 de nov. de 2020 · Thalberg’s established production system at MGM. In 1924, Thalberg transferred to Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Universal preferred to make smaller movies, where MGM shared Thalberg’s vision of larger and ambitious movies. At MGM, he was head of production and he could finally completely do what he felt was right.
Thalberg recuperated in Europe with his wife Norma Shearer and returned to MGM in August, 1933 resuming his somewhat reduced duties as a unit production head. He continued to score hits, supervising The Merry Widow (1934) , The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) , the rousing, definitive version of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and the lavish Marie Antoinette (1938) (released after his death).
8 de jun. de 2011 · These associate producers, whom Thalberg affectionately referred to as “the boys,” were once called “the principal cogs through which Irving Thalberg causes MGM’s wheels to spin.” [18] Thalberg famously came to use studio screenings and advance audience previews to test films.
Died Sept. 14, 1936 of pneumonia in Santa Monica, CA. I rving G. Thalberg was a prodigy who became director-general in full charge at Universal Studios when he was not yet 21. Thalberg was born in an old-fashioned brownstone in Brooklyn, N.Y. His father was a lace importer. His grandfather, H. Heyman, owned a large department store in Brooklyn.
5 de nov. de 2009 · Known as Hollywood's "Boy Wonder," Thalberg created classics such as Ben-Hur, Tarzan the Ape Man, Grand Hotel, Freaks, Mutiny on the Bounty, and The Good Earth, but died tragically at thirty-seven. His place in the pantheon should have been assured, yet his films were not reissued for thirty years, spurring critics to question his legend and diminish his achievements.
