Mayer and Thalberg: The Make-Believe Saints

MGM Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, once boasted that it had more stars than the heavens. The masterminds behind the dream factory were two men, Louis B. Mayer and irving Thalberg. Author Samuel Marx, who worked with Mayer after Thalberg's death, knows the inside story — the heartbreak, the wheeling and dealing, the lawsuits and the pandering required to make MGM the entertainment giant it became. From behind-the-scenes contracts to casting couches to the cmplicated accounting — this is the whole story, including the break-up of one of the best working relationships in Hollywood and the real reason for the falling out between the two men.

• Author
• Samuel Marx

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 273

• Publisher
• Samuel French

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780573606953

• Release date
• 1988