Chapter 3 - The Boy Wonder

This episode was written using the following references:

Balio, T. (2012). Selling Stars: The Economic Imperative. In Neale, S. (ed.), The classical Hollywood reader (pp. 209-225). London: Routledge.Barrios, R. (1995). A song in the dark : the birth of the musical film. New York;: Oxford University Press.Bradley, E. (1996). The first Hollywood musicals : a critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.CBS. (1959, October 25). The Movies Learn to Talk. The Twentieth Century.Florio, A. & LaVine, W. R. (1980). In a Glamorous Fashion: The Fabulous Years of Hollywood Costume Design. New York: Scribner’s Sons.Grant, B. (2012). The Hollywood film musical. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.Herzog, C. C. & Gaines, J. M. Balio, T. (1991). ‘Puffed Sleeves Before Tea-time’: Joan Crawford, Adrian and women audiences. In Gledhill, C. (ed.) Stardom: Industry of desire (pp. 74-91). London: Routledge."Irving Thalberg." (2020) In Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Retrieved April 10, 2020, from Immigrant Entrepreneurship: http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=58Kenrick, J. (2010). Musical theatre : a history. New York, N.Y. ;: Continuum.Kislan, R. (1995). The musical : a look at the American musical theater. New York, NY ;: Applause.McLean, A. L. (2010). Flirting with Terpsichore: Dance, Class and Entertainment in 1930s Film Musicals. In Cohan, S. (ed.) The sound of musicals. London: A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan.Rubin, M. (2002). Busby Berkeley and the Backstage Musical. In Cohan, S. (ed.), Hollywood musicals, the film reader (pp. 53-61). London: Routledge.Thomas, Bob. (1984). Thalberg: Life and Legend. Garland.Vieira, M. (2010). Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince. University of California Press.

To see more examples of Irving Thalber's work at MGM, watch:

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) dirs. Fred Niblo and B. Reeves EastonThe Divorcee (1930) dir. Robert Z. LeonardThe Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) dir. Sidney FranklinChina Seas (1935) dir. Tay GarnettThe Good Earth (1937) dir. Sidney Franklin