‘Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg’ Review: MGM’s Money Man and Wonder Boy
It took until January 1926 to add the de facto studio boss Louis B. Mayer’s handle, and thus was born Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ...
How two very different men, connected by faith and ambition, built Hollywood’s powerhouse MGM
The Whole Equation,' he explores how the titans' collaboration came to be so consequential, and how their Jewishness ...
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Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich
Hammond: Louis B. Mayer, the celebrated head of MGM ... There, he met his future wife, a 20-year-old from Serbia named Mileva Maric. Maric was the only woman in the program, and she shared ...
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Claude Jarman Jr., child star in ‘The Yearling,’ dies at 90
His wife, Katie Jarman, said the cause was complications ... who said that MGM chief Louis B. Mayer had little interest in promoting a movie about race relations. (The film was shot on location ...
Tie-dye and dancing bears: Grammy weekend begins with Grateful Dead honored as Persons of the Year
LOS ANGELES — Colorful dancing bears during cocktails. Tie-dye clothing mixed with black-tie. Oh yeah, the Grateful Dead was ...
Wall Street Journal3d
‘Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg’ Review: MGM’s Money Man and Wonder Boy
It took until January 1926 to add the de facto studio boss Louis B. Mayer’s handle, and thus was born Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, almost immediately nicknamed MGM. But one name was still missing.
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Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation’ tells the story of two MGM visionaries
A new book by retired film critic Kenneth Turan shares the studio’s rich history of spectacle through the work of co-founder Louis B. Mayer, and Irving Thalberg, who served as its head of produc ...