But one name was still missing. Indeed, it mostly never appeared on a film at all: Irving G. Thalberg, the second vice president and head of production, not yet 25 years old at the time of the deal.

Kenneth Turan’s splendid book about Hollywood titans Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg is the first in 50 years to tell their story in a single volume. Part of Yale University Press ...

Mayer Pictures. With Mayer its CEO and Irving Thalberg the head of production, MGM signed stars such as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Norma Shearer, later to become ...