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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 was a visionary and influential producer who helped create the legendary MGM studio with Louis B. Mayer. He oversaw many classic films, such as Ben-Hur, Grand Hotel and Mutiny on the Bounty, but died young at age 37.
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Sep 14, 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 ...
Apr 10, 2022 · On Labor Day weekend in 1936, he took a short vacation at a lodge in Northern California. There, he came down with a simple cold which quickly developed into pneumonia. Within two weeks, Irving Thalberg was dead. The “Boy Wonder” was only 37 years old.
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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...
How did producer Irving Thalberg change the style and fate of the comedy troupe at MGM? Learn about the Marx Brothers' early films at Paramount, their move to MGM, and their collaboration with Thalberg.
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May 21, 2018 · 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.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Irving Thalberg, a film producer who launched countless successful movie careers and helped to shape the movie industry as we know it today. Read about his early struggles, his rise to power at Universal and MGM, his marriage to Norma Shearer, and his legacy in the golden age of Hollywood.
