Irving Thalberg

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-05-30 (37 years old)

Deathday

1936-09-14

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Irving Thalberg

Biography

Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make profitable films, mostly for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Acting

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage / uncredited)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

2004

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Man You Loved to Hate

as Self (archive audio)

1925

1986

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1924

Greed

as Producer

1925

The Big Parade

as Producer

1928

The Crowd

as Producer

1937

1930

The Unholy Three

as Producer

1928

1925

The Unholy Three

as Producer

1928

West of Zanzibar

as Producer

1936

Camille

as Producer

1930

The Big House

as Producer

1926

Torrent

as Producer

1935

1930

Billy the Kid

as Producer

1929

1925

1929

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Executive Producer

1932

Freaks

as Producer

1922

Foolish Wives

as Producer

1929

1934

The Merry Widow

as Producer

1928

1932

Tarzan the Ape Man

as Executive Producer

1935

China Seas

as Executive Producer

1922

The Trap

as Story

1926

La Bohème

as Producer

1928

Show People

as Producer

1936

Riffraff

as Executive Producer

1932

Red Dust

as Producer

1931

The Champ

as Producer

1934

What Every Woman Knows

as Executive Producer

1934

Outcast Lady

as Executive Producer

1930

Way for a Sailor

as Producer

1931

The Secret Six

as Producer

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Executive Producer

1930

Let Us Be Gay

as Producer

1932

Grand Hotel

as Producer

1931

Trader Horn

as Producer

1935

No More Ladies

as Producer

1933

Eskimo

as Producer

1930

Anna Christie

as Producer

1928

The Adventurer

as Producer

1927

Twelve Miles Out

as Producer

1932

As You Desire Me

as Producer

1932

Letty Lynton

as Producer

1931

A Free Soul

as Producer

1926

1931

The Guardsman

as Producer

1927

1934

Riptide

as Producer

1931

Possessed

as Producer

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Producer

1936

Romeo and Juliet

as Producer

1937

Maytime

as Executive Producer

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as Producer

1932

1931

Mata Hari

as Producer

1931

Just a Gigolo

as Executive Producer

1930

A Lady's Morals

as Producer

1930

Redemption

as Producer

1933

Tugboat Annie

as Producer

1931

Private Lives

as Producer

1929

The Kiss

as Producer

1926

1923

Merry-Go-Round

as Producer

1932

Smilin' Through

as Producer

1931

Inspiration

as Producer

1930

The Rogue Song

as Producer

1929

1929

Hallelujah

as Producer

1926

The Temptress

as Producer

1939

1932

Letty Lynton

as Executive Producer

1937

The Good Earth

as In Memory Of

1927

The Unknown

as Producer

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