Irving Thalberg :: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince.

Hollywood in the 1920s sparkled with talent, confidence, and opportunity. Enter Irving Thalberg of Brooklyn, who survived childhood illness to run Universal Pictures at twenty; co-found Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at twenty-four; and make stars of Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Clark...

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1. Verfasser: Vieira, Mark A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: CA : University of California Press, 2009.
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Zusammenfassung:Hollywood in the 1920s sparkled with talent, confidence, and opportunity. Enter Irving Thalberg of Brooklyn, who survived childhood illness to run Universal Pictures at twenty; co-found Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at twenty-four; and make stars of Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow. Known as Hollywood's "Boy Wonder," Thalberg created classics such as Ben-Hur, Tarzan the Ape Man, Grand Hotel, Freaks, Mutiny on the Bounty, and The Good Earth, but died tragically at thirty-seven. His place in the pantheon should have been assured, yet his films were not re.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (526 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520945111
0520945115
1282360043
9781282360044
0520260481
9780520260481
9786612360046
6612360046

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