Editing Irving Thalberg (section)

==== Joan Crawford ====
[[Joan Crawford]]'s first role was a Thalberg production at MGM and she became one of their leading stars for the next thirty years. Crawford was somewhat jealous of Norma Shearer as she thought she was given the better material by her husband Thalberg out of nepotism.<ref>J. Quirk, Lawrence; Schoell, William: Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography. p. 102.</ref> Nevertheless, she felt that his contribution to MGM was vital to the film industry. Not long after his early death, she recalls her concerns: "Thalberg was dead and the concept of the quality 'big' picture pretty much went out the window."<ref>Leider, Emily W. ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood'', Univ. of California Press (2011) p. 184</ref>