The Marx Brothers are one of the foundational ... who was least amused by jokes involving flirtation and ladies. Did producer Irving Thalberg help or hurt the comedy troupe? Films being banned ...

Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation,” tells ... “Ninotchka,” Gable’s “Mutiny on the Bounty,” and the Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera,” among many, many others.

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

Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation,” tells ... A: I think the first MGM movies I saw probably were the Marx Brothers movies. You know, Thalberg saved the Marx Brothers’ career.