Irving Thalberg Overview

Biography

From the early 1920s until his premature death in 1936, producer and studio executive Irving G. Thalberg walked the line between commerce and art in transforming the Hollywood system and shifting the balance of power from directors to the studios. Thalberg had his start with Carl Laemmle's Universal Studios, where he guided hits like "Foolish Wives" (1922) and "The Hunchback...