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NORMA SHEARER

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NORMA SHEARER
IRVING THALBERG
A 1926 photograph of actors Norma Shearer and Johnny Mack Brown from The Little Angel, inscribed and signed To Cliff Best Wishes-Always John Mack Brown and To Cliff Norma Shearer--8 x 10 in. Together with a 1935 letter from her husband and M.G.M. executive; written on studio stationery, Mr. Thalberg explains The correct pronunciation of my name is "th" as in theme, "a" as in ball with accent on the first syllable; signed Irving Thalberg--Rare.
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Lot Essay

"At the age of nineteen, Irving Thalberg started his career with Carl Laemmle and soon took firm hold of Universal City. Nicknamed "The Boy Wonder", he joined Louis B. Mayer in 1934 and utilized his unique creative direction to catapult M.G.M. into the stratosphere. Explaining why his name rarely appeared on screen he said "Credit you give yourself isn't worth having."--W.M.