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" Thalberg was impressed and began grooming the new starlet the following day :" the studio arranged to fix her teeth, made sure she lost weight, and gave her an English tutor.
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They also underpin the fact that Rossini himself was an outstanding pianist whose playing attracted high praise from people such as Franz Liszt, Sigismond Thalberg, Camille Saint-Saëns and Louis Diémer.
In 1923, Famous Players-Lasky president Jesse Lasky was looking for a new Production Editor in the Story department of his studio, and Thalberg suggested the Ivy-League Hawks.
Hearst had previously been signed with MGM, but ended the association after a dispute with the company's head producer Irving Thalberg over the treatment of Hearst's long standing mistress, actress Marion Davies, who was struggling for box office success.
At the May 1994 Cannes Film Festival Eastwood received France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal then on March 27, 1995, he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 67th Academy Awards.
Because he was not of Asian descent, when producer Irving Thalberg offered him the role, he stated, " I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.
Producer Irving G. Thalberg was nevertheless enthusiastic about working with the actor, telling journalist Louella Parsons: " Spencer Tracy will become one of MGM's most valuable stars.
Thalberg then began a strategy of pairing Tracy with the studio's top actresses: Whipsaw ( 1935 ) co-starred Myrna Loy and was a commercial success.
Seeing that sensational newcomer Greta Garbo was one of a kind, she went to Thalberg and " demanded recognition as one of another kind ".
Privately, Thalberg was very impressed by Shearer.
In a story conference, when her name was suggested to him for the part of a girl threatened with rape, Thalberg shook his head and, with a wry smile, said, " She looks too well able to take care of herself.
Shearer's marriage to Thalberg gave her a degree of power in Hollywood that was resented by rivals such as Crawford, who complained that Shearer would always be offered the best roles and best conditions: " How can I compete with Norma when she's sleeping with the boss.
His work ethic was uneven with Irving Thalberg nicknaming him " Worthless Willy ".
In 1933 he returned to MGM to establish a second prestige production unit, parallel to that of Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health.
Stanley Kramer was given the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
In 1999 Jewison's work was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when he was given the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement.
The Thalberg award was one of many honours Jewison has been awarded, including Honorary Degrees from Trent, Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, and he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1992.
When, after a few months at the studio, he was asked to watch rushes of Lili Damita to gauge her Spanish accent, he refused and sent a message to studio boss Irving Thalberg stating that he was there as a Frenchman, not a Spaniard, and he " didn't have time to waste listening to one of the whores.
Furthermore, it was Chico's connection with Irving Thalberg of MGM that led to Thalberg's signing the Brothers when they were in a career slump after Duck Soup ( 1933 ), the last of their films for Paramount Pictures.
Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936 ) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures.
Among those whose stardom was guided by Thalberg were Lon Chaney, Ramon Novarro, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Luise Rainer, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, and Norma Shearer, who would become his wife.
Thalberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, to German Jewish immigrant parents, William and Henrietta ( Haymann ).
Two months later, Laemmle returned to California, partly to see how well Thalberg was able to handle the responsibilities he was given.
Thalberg and impressed
Soon after he returned, Thalberg gave him his recommendations and Laemmle was impressed by his ability to understand and explain ongoing problems.
After she showed these photographs to her husband, MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, Thalberg was so impressed that he signed Hurrell to a contract with MGM Studios, making him head of the portrait photography department.
Thalberg and began
Thalberg began using two stars in a film, rather than one, as had been the tradition by all studios.
Thalberg began the trend by studios of having two major stars in the same picture, such as Greta Garbo with John Gilbert, and Clark Gable costarring with Jean Harlow, among others.
Among the reasons was Thalberg ’ s unique system of developing a script during story conferences with writers before filming began, and later giving " sneak previews " after which audience feedback was received from written questionnaires.
A few years after he joined MGM, Thalberg began dating actress Norma Shearer, and they married in 1927.
In October 1939, American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald began writing The Last Tycoon, a fictionalized biography of Thalberg, naming the protagonist Monroe Stahr to represent Thalberg.
Bern then began urging close friend Irving Thalberg, production head of MGM, to sign Harlow, noting Harlow's pre-existing popularity and established image.
In the summer of 1936 filming began on Maytime, co-starring Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan and Paul Lukas, produced by Irving Thalberg.
She began to study with Kalkbrenner at the age of 6 and also had lessons from Sigismond Thalberg.
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Although Hawks signed a new one-year contract with Famous-Players in the fall of 1924, he broke his contract to become a story editor for Thalberg at MGM with the promise that Thalberg would make him a director in a year.
Thalberg created numerous new stars and groomed their screen images.
Thalberg later told him, " The first thing you should do is establish a new job of studio manager and give him the responsibility of watching day-to-day operations.
Although Mayer did not want her in the role, which he felt was too minor for a new star, Thalberg felt that " only she could play " the part, notes biographer Charles Higham.
Thalberg also realized that old stars few had heard of could be made into new ones.
A screenwriter suggested to Thalberg that she might fit well in a starring role for a new film, and was surprised when he knew of her prior successes.
Thalberg, however, felt differently, and thought the film would have an impact on movie audiences, due to its classic literary source, and would highlight MGM as a major new studio.
On November 27, 1838, Thalberg took part in a charity concert, playing his new fantasy, Op.
Thalberg et Liszt "' in the Revue et Gazette musicale of April 23, 1837, Fétis claimed that Thalberg had created a new piano-style by uniting two different schools.
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