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Irving Thalberg: boy wonder to producer prince

Mark A. Vieira
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page xiii)
  • PART ONE THE MERGER
    • 1 The Boy Wonder (page 3)
    • 2 A Funny Little Man (page 17)
    • 3 Three Shaky Little Stars (page 23)
  • PART TWO THE PERFECTION OF SILENCE
    • 4 A Studio Style (page 35)
    • 5 Wicked Stepchildren (page 44)
    • 6 A Business of Personalities (page 52)
    • 7 Top of the Heap (page 59)
    • 8 "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" (page 68)
  • PART THREE THE TALKIES
    • 9 The Golden Silents (page 81)
    • 10 All-Talking, All-Singing, All Profitable (page 89)
    • 11 The Production Code (page 111)
  • PART FOUR "HIS BRAIN IS THE CAMERA"
    • 12 Visiting Royalty (page 131)
    • 13 New Morals for Old (page 161)
    • 14 The Right to Be Wrong (page 185)
    • 15 Hollywood Icarus (page 199)
  • PART FIVE THE THALBERG UNIT
    • 16 The New Setup (page 223)
    • 17 Honor with Credit (page 245)
    • 18 "To Hell with Art!" (page 266)
  • PART SIX THE CROWN PRINCE OF HOLLYWOOD
    • 19 "Napoleon Thalberg" (page 295)
    • 20 A Feverish Energy (page 315)
    • 21 A Labor of Love (page 335)
    • 22 The Gods Are Jealous (page 354)
    • 23 Unfinished Projects (page 377)
    • 24 Marie Antoinette (page 383)
  • Epilogue (page 395)
  • Appendix: The M-G-M Films of Irving Thalberg (page 399)
  • Notes (page 405)
  • Select Bibliography (page 447)
  • Acknowledgments (page 463)
  • Index (page 467)
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Published: c2010
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520260481 (hardcover)
  • 9780520945111 (ebook)
Subject
  • Film & Media Studies
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