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

by Vieira, Mark A., 1950-

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936.

Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.

9780520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)

0520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)

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

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.

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