Camille
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The award is named for Irving Thalberg, head of the Production Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who developed the company's reputation for sophisticated films. The trophy itself is a bust of Thalberg rather than the familiar "Oscar" statuette.
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The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Presented to a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, presented periodically to creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production, was named for the “boy wonder” vice president and supervisor of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1920s and ’30s.
It is the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award—Hollywood’s ultimate self-tribute given to those “creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion...
May 25, 2024 · Irving Thalberg, American film executive called the ‘boy wonder of Hollywood’ who, as the production manager of MGM, was largely responsible for the studio’s prestigious reputation. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given for excellence in production.
Feb 13, 2014 · Jack Nicholson presenting Warren Beatty with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 72nd Academy Awards® in 2000. Hosted by Billy Crystal.
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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 Bounty, Camille and The Good Earth.
