Norma Shearer
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Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eu
Shearer in Riptide (1934)
Portrait of Shearer by Arnold Genthe, c. 1920
Norma Shearer's strabismus, 1926
Shearer in an early MGM publicity photo
Irving Thalberg
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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 product
Norma Shearer
…1923, Shearer received an offer from Louis B. Mayer Pictures, a studio in Northeast Los Angeles that was run by a small-time producer, Louis B. Mayer. Irving Thalberg had moved to Louis B. Mayer Pictures as vice president on February 15, 1923, but had already sent a telegram to Shearer's agent, inviting her to come…
Thalberg c. 1930s
Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Thalberg (left) with wife Norma Shearer, and Louis B. Mayer, 1932
Sid Grauman, Norma Shearer, and Thalberg, 1932