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Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make profitable films, including Grand Hotel, China Seas, A Night at the Opera, Mutiny on the ...
Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) Producer. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Irving Grant Thalberg was born in New York City, to Henrietta (Haymann) and William Thalberg, who were of German Jewish descent. He had a bad heart, having contracted rheumatic fever as a teenager and was plagued with other ailments all of his life.
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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...
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The Marx Brothers came to Hollywood relatively late in life. The eldest, Chico, was over 40 when they made The Cocoanuts in 1929; Zeppo, the youngest, was nearing 30. The brothers’ youth had been spent on the stage. In the often-unforgiving world of vaudeville, they made their name and developed the personas that drove their comedy: Groucho’s musta...
So there were the now-three Marx Brothers, middle-aged and facing the Depression without a studio contract. The critical and financial performance of Duck Soup left Groucho wondering if he’d be better off as a solo comic actor. Harpo was pressed into a goodwill tour of Russia. And Chico gambled, and in gambling, came across Irving Thalberg. Thalber...
Thalberg, never a healthy man, only lived to see two Marx Brothers films into production, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (he died while the latter was in production). Like the later Paramount films, they have some of the most beloved of the brothers’ material. A Night at the Opera has the “sanity clause,” the stateroom scene, and a rau...
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6 days ago · Irving Thalberg (born May 30, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 14, 1936, Santa Monica, California) was an American film executive called the “boy wonder of Hollywood” who, as the production manager of MGM, was largely responsible for that studio’s prestigious reputation.
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.
Apr 10, 2022 · April 10, 2022. Introduction. Irving Thalberg might not be a household name. But when it comes to film history, he played a major role in shaping cinema as the dominant art form of the 20th century. What’s even more remarkable was that he wasn’t a star, a director, a writer, or even a studio head.
