Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005 TV Movie)

Gavin Lambert: Self

Quotes 

• Gavin Lambert : [referring to Norma Shearer]  My impression of her was this strange mixture of theatricality and a kind of seething emotion underneath it.

• Gavin Lambert : He wanted to make her into the great lady of the theater - in the movies. But, then, she was responsible for her second... which was "The Divorcee." Norma read it and was desperate to play the part which was of a very glamorous, adventurous sort of Scott Fitzgerald type of heroine. And Irving simply did not see her in that role. He didn't think that she had the glamour or the sex. She was absolutely determined to get the part and prove that she could do it. So, she go George Hurrell to take sexy photographs. When Irving saw them, he was convinced. He'd never looked at her in that way. And I remember asking Norma what her reaction had been when Irving had this reaction to the photographs. And she said,"It was thrilling."