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Author:

Vieira, Mark A., 1950-

Title:

Irving Thalberg : boy wonder to producer prince / Mark A. Vieira.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvii, 504 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Thalberg, Irving G.,--1899-1936.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Notes:

"The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 405 - 462) and index.

Contents:

The merger. The boy wonder -- A funny little man -- Three shaky little stars -- The perfection of silence. A studio style -- Wicked stepchildren -- A business of personalities -- Top of the heap -- "More stars than there are in heaven" -- The talkies. The golden silents -- All-talking, all-singing, all profitable -- The production code -- "His brain is the camera." Visiting royalty -- New morals for old -- The right to be wrong -- Hollywood Icarus -- The Thalberg unit. The new setup -- Honor with credit -- "To hell with art!" -- The crown prince of Hollywood. "Napoleon Thalberg" -- A feverish energy -- A labor of love -- The gods are jealous -- The legacy. Unfinished projects -- Marie Antoinette.

ISBN:

0520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316327278

LCCN:

2009011534

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)