Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 504 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780520260481
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Boy Wonder; 2. A Funny Little Man; 3. Three Shaky Little Stars; 4. A Studio Style; 5. Wicked Stepchildren; 6. A Business of Personalities; 7 . Top of the Heap; 8. "More Stars Than There Arein Heaven"; 9. The Golden Silents; 10. All-Talking, All-Singing, All Profitable; 11. The Production Code; 12. Visiting Royalty; 13. New Morals for Old; 14. Right to Be Wrong; 15. Hollywood Icarus; 16. The New Setup; 17. Honor with Credit; 18. ""To Hell with Art""; 19. ""Napoleon Thalberg""; 20. A Feverish Energy; 21. A Labor of Love; 22. The Gods Are Jealous
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23. Unfinished Projects24. Marie Antoinette; Epilogue; Appendix: The M-G-M Films of Irving Thalberg; Notes; Select Bibliography; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9780520260481
Additional Edition:
Print version Irving Thalberg : Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
Language:
English
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