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- One of the greatest friends a man could have; one of the greatest creative minds the world has ever produced; the greatest leader our industry has ever had. No words can express either my own personal grief, nor the grief that I know all of us who owe so much to him can express. (en)
- I can think of no one in our industry who does not owe Irving Thalberg a deep debt of gratitude. I can think of no one in the world to whom his passing is not a loss. (en)
- "A temperate man in all his ways of living, in this one respect he was an inveterate gambler. If he believed in a man, or a project, or a story, he would stake everything on his conviction. ... Everyone who worked for Thalberg loved him. He had the quality, rare among showmen, and precious among men, of standing back after an achievement and letting the other fellow take the credit ... he never wanted to be known as the big promoter. He just saw a little farther than most of the others, and trusted his vision, and worked like a laborer until it came true. ... What he also had was a great kindliness, a love for his work, workers, friends and audiences." (en)
- The passing of Irving Thalberg is the greatest conceivable loss to the motion-picture industry, and I say that absolutely without qualification. There are hundreds of executives but only about six men with the genuine genius for making motion pictures and Mr. Thalberg was the greatest of those. I have long considered him the most competent and inspired producer in the business. (en)
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