Mayer Pictures. With Mayer its CEO and Irving Thalberg the head of production, MGM signed stars such as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Norma Shearer, later to become ...

Also in this interview, Scott Simon says that Irving Thalberg died at the age of 67. In fact, Thalberg died at age 37.] SCOTT SIMON, HOST: They were the exemplary Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside.

A salute to the franchise's departing producers played like a sendoff for James Bond—and an increasingly bygone approach to blockbuster filmmaking.

Mayer Pictures. With Mayer its CEO and Irving Thalberg the head of production, MGM signed stars such as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Norma Shearer, later to become ...