Oscar remembers Irving Thalberg, one of the most successful and influential producers of Early Hollywood.

Learn about some of Thalberg's greatest successes and how they reflect his technical innovations ('The Broadway Melody'), how he marketed MGM as a star-studded film studio ('Grand Hotel'), and personally turned troubled productions into successes ('Mutiny on the Bounty'). Then hear how his early passing was mourned in throughout Hollywood and reflected in 1936's 'The Great Ziegfeld'.