It took until January 1926 to add the de facto studio boss Louis B. Mayer’s handle, and thus was born Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ...

The Whole Equation,' he explores how the titans' collaboration came to be so consequential, and how their Jewishness ...

Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg were married for 8 years before Irving Thalberg died, leaving behind his partner and 2 children. They had 2 children, Irving Jr. (94) and Katherine (89). Canadian ...

Mayer, and Irving Thalberg, who served as its head of production following MGM’s inception. For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we’ll speak to former film critic Kenneth Turan, about his ...

American Film/TV Producer Irving Thalberg was born Irving Grant Thalberg on 30th March, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York and passed away on 14th Sep 1936 Santa Monica, California aged 37. He is most ...

It was he who paired Rogers with Astaire; and made Katherine Hepburn a star. He was considered to be the Irving Thalberg of RKO and produced many prestige pictures over the years. In 1940, after a ...

Short answer, no. There's only one character in the cast who's based on a real person who lived through this era: Irving Thalberg, played by Max Minghella, who was a production head at MGM Studios.

The character of Monroe Stahr is based on Irving Thalberg, the production chief at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio during the late 1920's and 1930's. The character of Pat Brady is based ...

The studio insisted on further cuts, which Von Stroheim refused to participate in. During this process, Goldwyn merged to become MGM, whose Irving Thalberg wanted ‘Greed’ to be much shorter. Finally, ...