Thalberg

If you like piano music, Thalberg is worth checking out.

Archive 2004-06-01 Ray Girvan 2004

If you like piano music, Thalberg is worth checking out.

"Now will you practise?" Ray Girvan 2004

11This comparison with MGM wunderkind Irving Thalberg is intriguing.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

"Thalberg," writes Leon Escudier, "est la grace, comme Liszt la force; le jeu de l'un est blond, celui de l'autre est brun."

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

"Sinclair is not defeated yet," Wilkerson said, after thanking Mayer and Thalberg, "but indications point to it, and California should stand up and sing hosannas for their greatest STATE industry, MOTION PICTURES ...."

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010

It also marked Hollywood's first all-out plunge into politics and the creation of the first "attack ads" on the screen -- thanks to Irving Thalberg at MGM.

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010

It also marked Hollywood's first all-out plunge into politics and the creation of the first "attack ads" on the screen -- thanks to Irving Thalberg at MGM.

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010

"Sinclair is not defeated yet," Wilkerson said, after thanking Mayer and Thalberg, "but indications point to it, and California should stand up and sing hosannas for their greatest STATE industry, MOTION PICTURES ...."

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010

The most surprising aspect of Otto's statement was the name of the editorial genius who had allegedly created the trailers: not the reactionary Louis B. Mayer, the ruthless Harry Cohn, or the reckless Joseph Schenck, but the refined Irving Thalberg.

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010

It also marked Hollywood's first all-out plunge into politics and the creation of the first "attack ads" on the screen -- thanks to Irving Thalberg at MGM.

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: A Murder -- And Death Threats Against Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010