Irving Thalberg

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film producer person studio executive

Irving Thalberg was a legendary early Hollywood film producer and studio executive, often called "The Boy Wonder," who helped shape MGM’s golden age and the classic studio system.

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Irving G. Thalberg 2
Irving Grant Thalberg 1
Thalberg 1

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instanceOf film producer ⓘ
person ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1936 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
awardReceived Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ
surface form: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (posthumous namesake honor)
birthDate 1899-05-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
child Irving Thalberg Jr. ⓘ
Irving Thalberg Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Katherine Thalberg
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1936-09-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Irving Thalberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thalberg
fullName Irving Thalberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Irving Grant Thalberg
givenName Irving ⓘ
hasEponym Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ
influenced Hollywood studio system ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production policies ⓘ
marriageEnd 1936 ⓘ
marriageStart 1927 ⓘ
medicalCondition congenital heart condition ⓘ
nickname The Boy Wonder ⓘ
notableAchievement developed MGM’s prestige production strategy emphasizing quality and star power ⓘ
helped shape the MGM studio system during Hollywood’s golden age ⓘ
pioneered the role of the producer as creative authority in the studio system ⓘ
notableCharacteristic reputation for meticulous script development and preview screenings ⓘ
notableWork A Night at the Opera (1935) ⓘ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) ⓘ
surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Camille (1936) ⓘ
China Seas (1935) ⓘ
Flesh and the Devil (1926) ⓘ
Grand Hotel ⓘ
surface form: Grand Hotel (1932)

Mutiny on the Bounty ⓘ
surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Night Flight (1933) ⓘ
Red-Headed Woman ⓘ
surface form: Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Riptide (1934) ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) ⓘ
surface form: Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Smilin’ Through (1932) ⓘ
Strange Interlude ⓘ
surface form: Strange Interlude (1932)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) ⓘ
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (stage-to-film adaptation oversight) ⓘ
The Big Parade ⓘ
surface form: The Big Parade (1925)

The Crowd ⓘ
surface form: The Crowd (1928)

The Divorcee (1930) ⓘ
The Good Earth ⓘ
surface form: The Good Earth (1937)

The Good Fairy (1935) ⓘ
The Merry Widow (1934) ⓘ
The Painted Veil ⓘ
surface form: The Painted Veil (1934)

The Thin Man ⓘ
surface form: The Thin Man (1934)
occupation film producer ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
positionHeld head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Norma Shearer ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Last Tycoon → characterBasedOn → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
Irving Thalberg → familyName → Irving Thalberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thalberg
Irving Thalberg → fullName → Irving Thalberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irving Grant Thalberg
7th Academy Awards → host → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irving G. Thalberg
MGM → notableExecutive → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
Mutiny on the Bounty → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
The Enemy (1927 film) → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
The Mysterious Lady (1928 film) → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
subject surface form: The Mysterious Lady
this entity surface form: Irving G. Thalberg
The Temptress (1926 film) → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
The Trail of '98 (1928 film) → producer → Irving Thalberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: bust of Irving G. Thalberg