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Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer - Hardcover, by Vieira Mark A. - Good
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- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780520260481
- Book Title
- Irving Thalberg : Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Film / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 30.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 526 Pages
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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 reissued for thirty years, spurring critics to question his legend and diminish his achievements. In this definitive biography, illustrated with rare photographs, Mark A. Vieira sets the record straight, using unpublished production files, financial records, and correspondence to confirm the genius of Thalberg's methods. In addition, this is the first Thalberg biography to utilize both his recorded conversations and the unpublished memoirs of his wife, Norma Shearer. Irving Thalberg is a compelling narrative of power and idealism, revealing for the first time the human being behind the legend.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520260481
ISBN-13
9780520260481
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72567999
Product Key Features
Book Title
Irving Thalberg : Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
526 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn1998.3.T467v547
Reviews
An important book on a pivotal figure in Hollywood history. . . . Vieira's biography is an invaluable resource., "The third biography of Thalberg, and far and away the most thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and penetrating . . . as close to definitive as any biography of Irving Thalberg is likely to get."-- The Weekly Standard, Vieira has accomplished something quite extraordinary. . . . This is the definitive volume about a towering figure in the history of Hollywood., "An engaging new biography . . . an unusually animated and revealing tour of Hollywood in the 1920s and '30s."--Bookforum, Vieira's work is both exhaustively researched and beautifully presented, rich in detail yet compulsively readable. If you want to know about Hollywood's Golden Age, then you must know about Thalberg. And if you want to know about Thalberg, then you must read this book., "Vieira writes with great verve and enthusiasm, and he has a flair for narrative movement that suits these exponents of the new storytelling . . . well written and extensively researched."-- New Republic, "Among the many virtues of Mark Vieira's biography is the use he makes of the story conferences preserved in the MGM archives."-- The Economist, An engaging new biography . . . an unusually animated and revealing tour of Hollywood in the 1920s and '30s., Vieira writes with great verve and enthusiasm, and he has a flair for narrative movement that suits these exponents of the new storytelling . . . well written and extensively researched., The third biography of Thalberg, and far and away the most thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and penetrating . . . as close to definitive as any biography of Irving Thalberg is likely to get., Vieira has put the enigmatic producer back in the spotlight with his biography . . . a thorough and readable book., Among the many virtues of Mark Vieira's biography is the use he makes of the story conferences preserved in the MGM archives., "The jury has been out for 70 years on the MGM studio chief, even though F Scott Fitzgerald immortalised him as the "last tycoon". Was Thalberg art's gift to Hollywood, with his well-bred epics (Romeo and Juliet, Marie Antoinette)? Or was he a mogul playing to the middlebrow? Read this impressively researched study and decide.", "Vieira has accomplished something quite extraordinary. . . . This is the definitive volume about a towering figure in the history of Hollywood."--Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy, If you want to know about Hollywood's Golden Age, then you must know about Thalberg. And if you want to know about Thalberg, then you must read this book., "Among the many virtues of Mark Vieira's biography is the use he makes of the story conferences preserved in the MGM archives."--The Economist, "Vieira has accomplished something quite extraordinary. . . . This is the definitive volume about a towering figure in the history of Hollywood."-- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy, Vieira's excellent biography reveals a master player...[and] sheds much needed light upon significant, influential life.
Table of Content
Preface Part One The Merger 1 The Boy Wonder 2 A Funny Little Man 3 Three Shaky Little Stars Part Two The Perfection of Silence 4 A Studio Style 5 Wicked Stepchildren 6 A Business of Personalities 7 Top of the Heap 8 "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" Part Three The Talkies 9 The Golden Silents 10 All-Talking, All-Singing, All Profitable 11 The Production Code Part Four "His Brain Is the Camera" 12 Visiting Royalty 13 New Morals for Old 14 The Right to Be Wrong 15 Hollywood Icarus Part Five The Thalberg Unit 16 The New Setup 17 Honor with Credit 18 "To Hell with Art!" Part Six The Crown Prince of Hollywood 19 "Napoleon Thalberg" 20 A Feverish Energy 21 A Labor of Love 22 The Gods Are Jealous Part Seven The Legacy 23 Unfinished Projects 24 Marie Antoinette Epilogue Appendix: The M-G-M Films of Irving Thalberg Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Illustrations
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-011534
Dewey Decimal
791.4302/32092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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