Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Turan, Kenneth
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Turan, Kenneth

Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation

Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their...
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Author: Kenneth Turan
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Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Turan, Kenneth

Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation

$77.66
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Turan, Kenneth

Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation

$77.66
Author: Kenneth Turan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it

One was a tough junkman's son, the other a cosseted mama's boy, but they dreamed the same mighty dream: that the right movies could make a profit and change both the culture and individual lives. Sharing a religion and an evangelical zeal for film, Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history. Over the course of their decade-long relationship, as key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and major players in Hollywood, they joined forces in redefining and mastering the template for the film industry.

Mayer, older by more than a dozen years, was the business-minded face of the studio, while Thalberg worked closely with the creative corps, especially writers; together they rarely set a foot wrong. And while Mayer initially viewed Thalberg as the son he never had, the two would go from passionate friends to near enemies before Thalberg's shocking death at the age of thirty-seven.

In the first joint biography of the two men in fifty years, film critic Kenneth Turan traces their fraught relationship while examining the complicated history of Jewish identity in Hollywood.

Author: Kenneth Turan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/04/2025
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300254495


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2025
Booklist 01/01/2025 pg. 15

About the Author
Kenneth Turan was the film critic of the Los Angeles Times for nearly thirty years and was also a film critic for National Public Radio. He is the author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film, among other books. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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