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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 .
Hunt Stromberg Jr.. Producer: The Vampira Show. Hunt Stromberg Jr. was born on 16 May 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Vampira Show (1954), The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953) and Sex in America.
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 (Q1638070) Hunt Stromberg. American film producer (1894-1968) edit. Language. Label. Description. Also known as.
Hunt Stromberg. Highest Rated: 100% Pride and Prejudice (1940) Lowest Rated: 40% Idiot's Delight (1939) Birthday: Jul 12, 1894. Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Hunt Stromberg was the first producer added to the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers in 1942 after the group had been formed by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, Mary Pickford, David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, and Orson Welles. Stromberg had been one of the key MGM executives for many years.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5430. Source citation. Motion Picture Producer. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he started out as a sportswriter in St. Louis and became publicity director for Goldwyn Pictures in 1915. In 1921 he formed Hunt Stromberg Productions and cranked out low-budget comedies and westerns for the Robertson-Cole theatre circuit.
