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Irving Thalberg, (born May 30, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 14, 1936, Santa Monica, California), American film executive called the “boy wonder of Hollywood” who, as the production manager of MGM, was largely responsible for that studio’s prestigious reputation.

Irving Thalberg. Producer: The Tower of Lies. Irving Grant Thalberg was born in New York City, to Henrietta (Haymann) and William Thalberg, who were of German Jewish descent. He had a bad heart, having contracted rheumatic fever as a teenager and was plagued with other ailments all of his life.

Irving Thalberg Introduced the Marx Brothers to Structure So there were the now-three Marx Brothers, middle-aged and facing the Depression without a studio contract.

Thalberg, MGM’s ‘Boy Wonder,’ dies. Sept. 14, 1936: Irving Thalberg, the head of production at MGM, died in his Santa Monica home at the age of 37. Thalberg, who had long suffered from ...

Irving Thalberg. Known as "Boy Wonder" for his considerable power at an early age, Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) was an influential film executive, first at Universal, then Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Before his death at the age of 37, Thalberg helped redefine how movies are made within the studio system and became the consummate movie mogul.

Irving Grant Thalberg (born May 30, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York; died: September 4, 1936 in Santa Monica, California), the son of German-Jewish immigrants, considered a career as a merchant and a lawyer before using German-Jewish kinship and ethnic networks in mid-1918 to secure an entry-level position in the U.S. film industry.

Irving Grant Thalberg 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, including Grand Hotel, China Seas, A Night at the Opera, Mutiny on the Bounty, Camille and The Good Earth.

Biography. From the early 1920s until his premature death in 1936, producer and studio executive Irving G. Thalberg walked the line between commerce and art in transforming the Hollywood system and shifting the balance of power from directors to the studios. Thalberg had his start with Carl Laemmle's Universal Studios, where he took a heavy ...