Benjamin Christensen - The Devil's Circus - 1926 - Norma Shearer, Carmel Myers - Silent Film

“Throughout the 1930s, legendary actress Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, posed for a series of warm family portraits alongside their children, Katherine ‘Kat’ and Irving Jr. Often photographed at their Beverly Hills estate, the images captured a softer, more personal side of Hollywood’s ‘First Lady of the Screen’ and the man known as ‘The Boy Wonder’ of cinema. Shearer, fresh from her Academy Award win in 1930, and Thalberg, the creative force behind many MGM

"Circa 1933, acclaimed actress Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, were photographed attending a high-profile tennis match in California. Known as Hollywood’s ‘Boy Wonder,’ Thalberg was at the height of his influence at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while Shearer, already an Academy Award winner, was one of the studio’s brightest stars. The couple, impeccably dressed for the sunny afternoon, mingled with other industry elites who gathered courtside at the Beverly Hills Te