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Irving Thalberg : boy wonder to producer prince
- Title
- Irving Thalberg : boy wonder to producer prince / Mark A. Vieira.
- Author
- Vieira, Mark A., 1950-
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
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- Description
- xvii, 504 p., [24] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint"--Prelim. p.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- MWES (Thalberg, I.) 10-838
- ISBN
- 9780520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520260481 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009011534
- OCLC
- 316327278
- Author
- Vieira, Mark A., 1950-
- Title
- Irving Thalberg : boy wonder to producer prince / Mark A. Vieira.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Thalberg, I.) 10-838