Irving Thalberg
Subtitle: boy wonder to producer prince
By: Mark A. Vieira.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780520260481
Subjects: Thalberg, Irving G., -- 1899-1936; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The merger. The boy wonder; title: A funny little man; title: Three shaky little stars; title: The perfection of silence. A studio style; title: Wicked stepchildren; title: A business of personalities; title: Top of the heap; title: "More stars than there are in heaven"; title: The talkies. The golden silents; title: All-talking, all-singing, all profitable; title: The production code. "His brain is the camera"; title: Visiting royalty; title: New morals for old; title: The right to be wrong; title: Hollywood Icarus; title: The Thalberg unit  . The new setup; title: Honor with credit; title: "To hell with art!"; title: The crown prince of Hollywood. "Napoleon Thalberg"; title: A feverish energy; title: A labor of love; title: The gods are jealous; title: The legacy. Unfinished projects; title: Marie Antoinette; title: Epilogue.