MGM Stories Part 7: MGM's Children: Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
- Podcast Episode
- 2015
- 45m
After Irving Thalberg's death in 1936, Louis B. Mayer doubled down on "family entertainment" at MGM. To support this new wave of content, Mayer started signing younger and younger performers... Read allAfter Irving Thalberg's death in 1936, Louis B. Mayer doubled down on "family entertainment" at MGM. To support this new wave of content, Mayer started signing younger and younger performers to groom into stars - training them in song and dance, creating a schoolhouse on the MGM ... Read allAfter Irving Thalberg's death in 1936, Louis B. Mayer doubled down on "family entertainment" at MGM. To support this new wave of content, Mayer started signing younger and younger performers to groom into stars - training them in song and dance, creating a schoolhouse on the MGM lot to comply with state educational requirements, and keeping the kids chaperoned by publ... Read all