Original photograph of Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg, circa 1930

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1930. Vintage photograph of actress Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM producer Irving Thalberg, aboard a ship traveling to Europe, circa 1930. Mimeo snipe in French on the verso.

In 1923, Thalberg, then a producer at Louis B. Mayer Pictures, invited Shearer to come sign with the studio. After four years working together the pair would marry, purportedly attributable to Shearer's determination to win Thalberg's heart. The couple would remain married until Thalberg's unexpected death of pneumonia in 1936, at the age of 37.

7.5 x 9.5 inches. Lightly age toned, else Near Fine.

[Book #159038]