Thalberg was 23 when he joined Louis B. Mayer Studios as vice president, shortly before the merger that minted MGM. Turan writes that Mayer and Thalberg’s collaboration at MGM “was arguably ...

It took until January 1926 to add the de facto studio boss Louis B. Mayer’s handle, and thus was born Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ...

Thalberg was 23 when he joined Louis B. Mayer Studios as vice president, shortly before the merger that minted MGM. Turan writes that Mayer and Thalberg’s collaboration at MGM “was arguably ...

the free encyclopedia Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM ...

Turan’s new book, “Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation,” tells the story of MGM through the lives ... critics prefer output from other studios that were edgier,” Turan ...