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- At the age of 24, he was involved in the merger of Mayer’s company with two others, and became part-owner of the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. The combination of Mayer’s business acumen and Thalberg’s natural skill at running a studio meant that MGM would become the most successful studio in Hollywood.
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The combination of Mayer’s business acumen and Thalberg’s natural skill at running a studio meant that MGM would become the most successful studio in Hollywood. Throughout the golden age of moviemaking, Irving Thalberg’s skills and growing experience transformed the industry.
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Three years after the merger, MGM became the most successful studio in Hollywood. During his twelve years at MGM, Thalberg supervised the production of over four hundred films. Although Thalberg and his colleagues at MGM knew he was "doomed" to not live much past the age of 30 due to heart disease, he loved producing films.
Feb 5, 2021 · MGM’s wunderkind production, Irving Thalberg, (who is the subject of my novel, “The Heart of the Lion”) died on September 14, 1936. As a tribute to his unparalleled contribution to the studio, MGM named their new administration building after him.
Mar 22, 2024 · Formed in 1924, Louis B. Mayer was given the role of studio chief and 24-year-old "boy wonder" Irving Thalberg became the head of production. Quickly producing a string of silent-era hit pictures such as He Who Gets Slapped and The Big Parade, MGM became the most profitable film company in Hollywood.
Mar 25, 1994 · At 20 he was head of production at Universal Studios, where he soon fired the director Erich von Stroheim for cost overruns, putting an end to the era of the untrammeled artist-director in...
Jun 17, 2024 · Erich von Stroheim. Thalberg needed all this determination to tackle one of the first projects he inherited: 1922’s Foolish Wives. Directed by Erich von Stroheim, and costing nearly $1 million, it was on track to become the most expensive film made up until that time by a Hollywood studio.
Nov 1, 2007 · MGM under its production head and later special-projects producer Irving Thalberg (Fitzgerald’s model for The Last Tycoon) was the most factory-like and systematized studio, with the...
