Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation,” the film ... many MGM veterans strongly implied that Thalberg’s wife, the actress Norma Shearer, had married him mostly to secure her position ...

This biography of film producers Irving Thalberg and Louis B Mayer, by Kenneth Turan, aims for tragedy – but the tears never quite flow ...

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 ...