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2 days ago · The academy also presents scientific and technical awards, special achievement awards, honorary awards, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (for excellence in producing), and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (for technological contributions), although these are not necessarily awarded annually.
1 day ago · He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1999, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2008. [8]
1 day ago · Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance drama film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming.
1 day ago · He is the only EGOT winner to have won a Sports Emmy Award and to have received the Irving G.Thalberg Memorial Award. With just four years elapsing between his first award (a 2019 honorary Oscar), a long format TV sports documentary, and competitive Grammy and Tony music awards, Marshall completed his unique, if not eclectic, EGOT collection in the shortest time of all persons to have reached ...
5 days ago · Irving G. Thalberg was a noted movie producer for Universal and MGM in the 1920s and 30s. At one point, he was even second-in-command of MGM Studios, behind Louis B. Mayer. His production credits included "The Broadway Melody" (1929), "Grand Hotel" (1932), and "Mutiny On the Bounty" (1935), all of which are Best Picture winners.
3 days ago · In the '30s, the stars of the time were backed by an industry of highly specialized and skilled craftspeople, as well as a generation of creative executives led by Irving Thalberg with near flawless taste and sense of what worked on the screen.
5 days ago · She endured five screen tests under the scrutiny of director George Cukor, who ultimately deemed her unsuitable for the part. In a bold move, she approached Irving Thalberg, MGM's production chief, to make a personal case for herself. During the filming, she even sustained some cuts and bruises from a staged fight with Paulette Goddard.
