He developed a special interest in cinema, wrote reviews for the film magazine the Picturegoer and even corresponded with Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer.
(August 25, 1930 – August 21, 1987) was the son of 1930s Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg and Academy award-winning actress Norma Shearer.
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Among the many life-cycle events he performed were the wedding of Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg and the funerals of numerous entertainment figures and movie moguls.
It was filmed in 1934, starring Fredric March, Norma Shearer and Charles Laughton.
A Free Soul was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 (along with The Divorcee, also starring Norma Shearer), as one of five Pre-Code films in the "TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2" DVD box set.