FILM TALKOct 16

Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

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URL: https://filmtalk.org/2025/07/19/janet-leigh/

Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

In February 1946, Norma Shearer swept into the lobby of the Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge in Soda Springs, California. She saw a picture of a fresh-faced teenage girl with an undeniable charm on the clerk’s…

FILM TALK
FILM TALKSep 26, 2025

Looking back: What daily life was like at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once tou entered the studio

TAGS: #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #CulverCity #Hollywood #LouisBMayer #IrvingThalberg #NormaShearer #JudyGarland #GretaGarbo #RoubenMamoulian #DoreSchary #WSVanDyke #ClarkGable #GeneKelly #GoldenEraOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2015/11/21/looking-back-what-daily-life-was-like-at-metro-goldwyn-mayer-once-you-entered-the-studio/

Looking back: what daily life was like at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once you entered the studio

A lot of (auto)biographical books and historical documentaries have been made over the years, all reflecting on (the pros and cons of) the studio system that was responsible for Hollywood’s golden …

FILM TALK
FILM TALKSep 24, 2025

Luise Rainer: “Whatever I was able to give or do in my work came from inside out”

TAGS: #LuiseRainer #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #FilmStar #MovieActress #MovieStar #Oscar #AcademyAward #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #LouisBMayer #IrvingThalberg #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Cinemabuzz #FilmCommunity #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2014/12/31/luise-rainer-1910-2014-whatever-i-was-able-to-give-or-do-in-my-work-came-from-inside-out/

Luise Rainer: “Whatever I was able to give or do in my work, came from inside out”

Screen legend Luise Rainer passed away on December 30, 2014, at her London home, at age 104, just two weeks shy of her 105th birthday. Unbelievable as it is, so was she. I met her twice for an inte…

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The Hollywood ReporterApr 17, 2025

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Legendary Critic Kenneth Turan on New Mayer/Thalberg Book, Sean Baker’s Rise and LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong
#MovieNews #Movies #Books #IrvingThalberg #KennethTuran #LosAngelesTimes #LouisBMayer #LouisBMayerIrvingThalbergTheWholeEquation #Patricksoonshiong #YaleUniversityPress

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critic-kenneth-turan-la-times-awards-chatter-podcast-1236192958/

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Legendary Critic Kenneth Turan on New Mayer/Thalberg Book, Sean Baker’s Rise and LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong

The former LA Times film reviewer reflects on his path from Brooklyn to Hollywood, the current state of film criticism and the LA Times, and what inspired him to spend four years writing the first dual-biography of MGM's two most legendary executives in 50 years.

The Hollywood Reporter