"Norma Shearer and her husband, Irving Thalberg, are photographed on their wedding day in 1927 alongside many of their friends and family." | History Through Time

At the 40th Academy Awards, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock took to the stage to accept the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award. In doing so, he gave one of the shortest Oscar speeches in history with just five simple words: “Thank you… very much indeed.” Throughout Hitchcock's illustrious career, he earned five Directing nominations for for 'Rebecca,' 'Lifeboard,' 'Spellbound,' 'Rear Window' and 'Psycho.' Check back everyday for a new moment and watch the #Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at

"Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, are photographed alongside actress Merle Oberon during a serene Labor Day weekend yachting excursion off the coast of Santa Catalina Island, circa September 1936. The gathering marked one of Thalberg’s final public appearances before his untimely passing just days later on September 14. Known as ‘The Boy Wonder’ of MGM, Thalberg had guided Shearer’s illustrious career, including her Academy Award win for The Divorcee (1930). O

"Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM production head Irving Thalberg, are photographed arriving back in Los Angeles in 1933, warmly greeted by studio mogul Louis B. Mayer after an extended European vacation. The couple had spent several weeks abroad visiting Paris, Rome, and Berlin, combining leisure with scouting ideas and talent for future MGM productions. Shearer, already an Academy Award winner by then, was considered the 'First Lady of MGM,' while Thalberg’s reputation as the ‘Boy Wonder’ of

"Silver screen icon Norma Shearer wed legendary MGM producer Irving Thalberg in a quiet California ceremony in 1927, uniting two of Hollywood’s most powerful figures during the height of the silent film era." | History Through Time

"Circa late summer 1928, Norma Shearer and her husband, MGM wunderkind Irving Thalberg, were photographed aboard the RMS Majestic as they returned to New York following an opulent European honeymoon that had taken them from the art galleries of Florence to the opera houses of Vienna. Married on September 29, 1927, at Thalberg’s Beverly Hills residence, the couple symbolized the union of Hollywood royalty—Shearer, the poised Canadian actress whose star was rising rapidly, and Thalberg, the revere