Irving Thalberg boy wonder to producer prince / [electronic resource] :
Mark A. Vieira.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
- xvii, 504 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Epilogue.