Thalberg
Life and Legend
Published on 1. September 2000
353 pages
978-1-61467-084-1 (ISBN)
Description
More than eight-five years after his death, Irving Thalberg remains a legendary Hollywood figure. With his remarkable talent for developing stars and doctoring scripts, this architect of the American film created some of America''s best-loved movies: Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Grand Hotel, Romeo and Juliet, The Good Earth, Camille, A Night at the Opera, and many more. His genius has made his name a legend in the land of legends.
In this definitive biography, author Bob Thomas brings the legend to life- from Thalberg'' s beginnings as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood" to the creation with Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer- from his ability to nurture talent like Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford to his tragic death at the age of thirty-seven.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I - LEGEND
- II - BEGINNINGS 1899-1923
- III - MATURITY 1923-1929
- IV - TRIUMPH 1929-1933
- V - CONCLUSION 1933-1936
- A SELECTION OF THALBERG FILMS
- The Merry Widow 1925
- The Big Parade 1925
- Ben-Hur 1926
- The Crowd 1928
- The Broadway Melody 1929
- The Big House 1930
- Anna Christie 1930
- Trader Horn 1931
- A Free Soul 1931
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
- The Guardsman 1931
- Grand Hotel 1932
- Rasputin and the Empress 1932
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934
- China Seas 1935
- Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
- A Night at the Opera 1935
- Romeo and Juliet 1936
- The Good Earth 1937
- Camille 1937
- Footnotes
- Appendix A
- The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- Appendix B
- Major Academy Award Winners and Nominations for Thalberg Films (Winners are denoted by asterisks)
- 1927-28
- 1928-29
- 1929-30
- 1930-31
- 1931-1932
- 1932-1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- Appendix C
- Printed Sources
- Books
- Periodicals
- Acknowledgments
- Photograph Credits
- Beginnings: Selznick Pictures Make Happy Hours
