03452nam 2200637Ia 450 991082267660332120200520144314.00-520-94511-51-282-36004-3978661236004610.1525/9780520945111(CKB)2560000000052554(EBL)837172(OCoLC)646846846(SSID)ssj0000300549(PQKBManifestationID)11253356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300549(PQKBWorkID)10252146(PQKB)10613588(DE-B1597)519987(OCoLC)774493601(DE-B1597)9780520945111(Au-PeEL)EBL837172(CaPaEBR)ebr10343496(CaONFJC)MIL236004(MiAaPQ)EBC837172(dli)HEB08094(MiU)MIU01000000000000009841825(EXLCZ)99256000000005255420090317d2009 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrIrving Thalberg boy wonder to producer prince /Mark A. Vieira1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20091 online resource (526 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26048-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --PREFACE --PART ONE. THE MERGER --PART TWO. THE PERFECTION OF SILENCE --PART THREE. THE TALKIES --PART FOUR. "HIS BRAIN IS THE CAMERA" --PART FIVE. THE THALBERG UNIT --PART SIX. THE CROWN PRINCE OF HOLLYWOOD --PART SEVEN. THE LEGACY --EPILOGUE --APPENDIX: THE M-G-M FILMS OF IRVING THALBERG --NOTES --SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --INDEXHollywood in the 1920's 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 Shearer, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow. 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. In this definitive biography, illustrated with rare photographs, Mark A. Vieira sets the record straight, using unpublished production files, financial records, and correspondence to confirm the genius of Thalberg's methods. In addition, this is the first Thalberg biography to utilize both his recorded conversations and the unpublished memoirs of his wife, Norma Shearer. Irving Thalberg is a compelling narrative of power and idealism, revealing for the first time the human being behind the legend.Motion picture producers and directorsUnited StatesBiographyMotion picture producers and directors791.4302/32092BVieira Mark A.1950-1013489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822676603321Irving Thalberg2357066UNINA