![]() ![]() Selznick and Walt Disney.īut Thalberg’s widow, the actress Norma Shearer, evidently had objections to this rendering of her husband’s head, so she commissioned a new sculpture at her own expense. Three other honorees subsequently received that design between 19: Hal B. The award featured a small and somewhat delicate Thalberg “head,” designed by sculptor Bernard Sopher, resting on an attractive column of green marble. Zanuck at the 1937 Academy Awards ceremony (held in 1938). Shortly after Thalberg died, the Academy established its first named testimonial award in his honor. He personally supervised the studio’s top productions until his death from pneumonia in 1936 at the age of 37. Thalberg Memorial Award, presented periodically to creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production, was named for the “boy wonder” vice president and supervisor of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1920s and ’30s. THE THREE FACES OF THALBERG THE ACADEMY'S "OTHER" STATUETTE HAS A QUIRKY HISTORY The Thalberg Award to Dino De Laurentiis, for example, was presented at the 2000 Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 25, 2001. In earlier years, some individuals were honored more than once but for the 1962 (35th) Awards (and continuing to present day), the Board voted that “no individual shall be eligible to receive the Thalberg Award more than once.”Īs with other awards presented at the Academy Awards ceremony, the year listed here is the awards year. The Thalberg Award is not given each year. The following year, the Academy instituted the Irving G. Thalberg died of pneumonia in 1936 at the age of 37. Over the next eight years MGM became Hollywood's most prestigious film studio, with Thalberg personally supervising the studio's top productions. A year later, Mayer's studio became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) with Thalberg assuming the position of vice president and supervisor of production. at the age of 20 and three years later was vice president and head of production for Louis B. It was named in honor of the man who became head of production at the Universal Film Manufacturing Co. The Thalberg bust in use today (there were two earlier versions) was sculpted by Gualberto Rocchi in 1957 and was first used in 1966 when William Wyler received the award at the 38th Academy Awards. It weighs 10 and 3/4 pounds and is nine inches tall. The award is a solid bronze head of Irving Thalberg, resting on a black marble base. Thalberg Memorial Award is voted by the Academy’s Board of Governors and is presented to “creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” ![]()
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