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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 ...
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 .
Sep 15, 2023 · And Chico gambled, and in gambling, came across Irving Thalberg. Thalberg, Hollywood’s Boy Wonder, had been the studio manager for Universal in his 20s, and commanded MGM as production manager ...
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Jul 28, 2017 · Thalberg admired good writers like Fitzgerald, and he tolerated their demons. From left, Buster Keaton, Harry Rapf, Irving Thalberg, Nick Schenk, Louis B. Mayer, Eddie Mannix, Hunt Stromberg, in ...
Sep 14, 2014 · Sep 14, 2014. On September 14, 1936, Irving Thalberg – the “Boy Wonder” of Hollywood; the producer who, while still in his 20s, turned MGM into Hollywood’s most successful moviemaker – died. He was 37 and had lasted seven years longer than doctors told him, as a child, he could expect. He may have been not just the most talented ...
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Mar 25, 1994 · Thalberg, born with a defective heart and sentenced to an early death by his doctors (no later than 30, they said), wasted no time. At 20 he was head of production at Universal Studios, where he ...
May 25, 2024 · Irving Thalberg (born May 30, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 14, 1936, Santa Monica, California) was an American film executive called the “boy wonder of Hollywood” who, as the production manager of MGM, was largely responsible for that studio’s prestigious reputation. Born of German immigrant parents, Thalberg suffered ...
