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9780520260481

Irving Thalberg

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520260481

  • ISBN10:

    0520260481

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-05
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

Hollywood in the 1920s sparkled with talent, confidence, and opportunity. Enter Irving Thalberg of Brooklyn, who was running Universal Pictures at age 20; co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at 24; and created the classics "Ben-Hur, Tarzan the Ape Man, Mutiny on the Bounty," and "The Good Earth" before he dying tragically at 37.

Table of Contents

The Talkies
The Golden Silentsp. 81
All-Talking, All-Singing, All Profitablep. 89
The Production Codenp. 111
"His Brain is the Camera"
Visiting Royaltyp. 131
New Morals for Oldp. 161
The Right to Be Wrongp. 185
Hollywood Icarusp. 199
The Thalberg Unit
The New Setupp. 223
Honor with Creditp. 24?
"To Hell with Art!"p. 266
The Crown Prince of Hollywood
"Napoleon Thalherg"p. 295
A Feverish Energyp. 315
A Labor of Lovep. 335
The Gods Are Jealousp. 354
The Legacy
Unfinished Projectsp. 377
Marie Antoinettep. 383
Epiloguep. 395
Appendix: The M-G-M Films of Irving Thalbergp. 399
Notesp. 405
Select Bibliographyp. 447
Acknowledgmentsp. 463
Indexp. 467
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