LOUIS B. MAYER AND IRVING THALBERG THE WHOLE EQUATION
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation (Jewish Lives) Hardcover ā February 4, 2025 by Kenneth Turan (Author) One was a tough junkmanās son, the other a cosseted mamaās boy, but they dreamed the same mighty dream: that the right movies could make a profit and change both the culture and individual lives. Sharing a religion and an evangelical zeal for film, Louis B. Mayer (1884ā1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899ā1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history. Over the course of their decade-long relationship, as key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and major players in Hollywood, they joined forces in redefining and mastering the template for the film industry.
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Mayer, older by more than a dozen years, was the business-minded face of the studio, while Thalberg worked closely with the creative corps, especially writers; together they rarely set a foot wrong. And while Mayer initially viewed Thalberg as the son he never had, the two would go from passionate friends to near enemies before Thalbergās shocking death at the age of thirty-seven.
In the first joint biography of the two men in fifty years, film critic Kenneth Turan traces their fraught relationship while examining the complicated history of Jewish identity in Hollywood.
About the Author
Kenneth Turan was the film critic of the Los Angeles Times for nearly thirty years and was also a film critic for National Public Radio. He is the author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film, among other books. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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Publisher ā : ā Yale University Press
Publication date ā : ā February 4, 2025
Language ā : ā English
Print length ā : ā 392 pages
ISBN-10 ā : ā 0300254490
ISBN-13 ā : ā 978-0300254495
Item Weight ā : ā 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ā : ā 6.25 x 1 x 8.5 inches
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LOUIS B. MAYER AND IRVING THALBERG THE WHOLE EQUATION
LOUIS B. MAYER AND IRVING THALBERG THE WHOLE EQUATION
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation (Jewish Lives) Hardcover ā February 4, 2025 by Kenneth Turan (Author) One was a tough junkmanās son, the other a cosseted mamaās boy, but they dreamed the same mighty dream: that the right movies could make a profit and change both the culture and individual lives. Sharing a religion and an evangelical zeal for film, Louis B. Mayer (1884ā1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899ā1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history. Over the course of their decade-long relationship, as key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and major players in Hollywood, they joined forces in redefining and mastering the template for the film industry.
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Mayer, older by more than a dozen years, was the business-minded face of the studio, while Thalberg worked closely with the creative corps, especially writers; together they rarely set a foot wrong. And while Mayer initially viewed Thalberg as the son he never had, the two would go from passionate friends to near enemies before Thalbergās shocking death at the age of thirty-seven.
In the first joint biography of the two men in fifty years, film critic Kenneth Turan traces their fraught relationship while examining the complicated history of Jewish identity in Hollywood.
About the Author
Kenneth Turan was the film critic of the Los Angeles Times for nearly thirty years and was also a film critic for National Public Radio. He is the author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film, among other books. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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Publisher ā : ā Yale University Press
Publication date ā : ā February 4, 2025
Language ā : ā English
Print length ā : ā 392 pages
ISBN-10 ā : ā 0300254490
ISBN-13 ā : ā 978-0300254495
Item Weight ā : ā 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ā : ā 6.25 x 1 x 8.5 inches
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Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation (Jewish Lives) Hardcover ā February 4, 2025 by Kenneth Turan (Author) One was a tough junkmanās son, the other a cosseted mamaās boy, but they dreamed the same mighty dream: that the right movies could make a profit and change both the culture and individual lives. Sharing a religion and an evangelical zeal for film, Louis B. Mayer (1884ā1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899ā1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history. Over the course of their decade-long relationship, as key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and major players in Hollywood, they joined forces in redefining and mastering the template for the film industry.
Ā
Mayer, older by more than a dozen years, was the business-minded face of the studio, while Thalberg worked closely with the creative corps, especially writers; together they rarely set a foot wrong. And while Mayer initially viewed Thalberg as the son he never had, the two would go from passionate friends to near enemies before Thalbergās shocking death at the age of thirty-seven.
In the first joint biography of the two men in fifty years, film critic Kenneth Turan traces their fraught relationship while examining the complicated history of Jewish identity in Hollywood.
About the Author
Kenneth Turan was the film critic of the Los Angeles Times for nearly thirty years and was also a film critic for National Public Radio. He is the author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film, among other books. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Product details
Publisher ā : ā Yale University Press
Publication date ā : ā February 4, 2025
Language ā : ā English
Print length ā : ā 392 pages
ISBN-10 ā : ā 0300254490
ISBN-13 ā : ā 978-0300254495
Item Weight ā : ā 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ā : ā 6.25 x 1 x 8.5 inches
