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Hunt Stromberg (July 12, 1894 – August 23, 1968) was a film producer during Hollywood's Golden Age. In a prolific 30-year career beginning in 1921, Stromberg produced, wrote, and directed some of Hollywood's most profitable and enduring films, including The Thin Man series, the Nelson Eddy / Jeanette MacDonald operettas, The Women , and The ...
Hunt Stromberg Jr. (May 16, 1923 – November 24, 1986) was a Broadway, radio and television producer best remembered for the discovery and casting of Maila Nurmi as Vampira, and for producing the 1973 film Frankenstein: The True Story.
Hunt Stromberg (July 12, 1894 – August 23, 1968) was a film producer. In a prolific 30-year career beginning in 1921, Stromberg produced, wrote, and directed some of Hollywood's most profitable and enduring films, including The Thin Man series, the Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald operettas, The Women, and The Great Ziegfeld, which won the ...
Oct 11, 2023 · Unbeknownst to Nurmi, she had caught the eye of KABC -TV program director Hunt Stromberg, Jr. Convinced he had found a way to liven up his station's late-night movie roster, he launched a months-long search to find the mysterious woman in black.
- William J. Wright
Hunt Stromberg was born on July 12, 1894 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Thin Man (1934), Naughty Marietta (1935) and Sweethearts (1938). He was married to Katherine Kerwin. He died on August 23, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- July 12, 1894
- August 23, 1968
A former St. Louis sports reporter, Hunt Stromberg entered movies in the pre-World War One era as a publicity agent for the Goldwyn company. In 1919, he became the personal representative of film mogul Thomas H. Ince; two years later Stromberg was himself a producer, turning out a series of low-budget independent features.
Hunt Stromberg was one of a handful of supervisory producers who helped create the great MGM films of the 1930s. As a protégé of Irving Thalberg, the boy-genius executive producer at MGM until his death in 1936, Stromberg helped bring together such classics as The Thin Man , Naughty Marietta , and Marie Antoinette .
