Samuel Marx (January 26, 1902, New York City - March 2, 1992, Los Angeles, California) was an American film producer, screenwriter and book author. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The City of New York Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

He started working in 1919 as an office boy at the New York office of Universal Pictures, where he met Irving Thalberg, then secretary of Universal boss Carl Laemmle. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer This article is about Carl Laemmle the founder of Universal Pictures.

On May 24, 1930, he arrived at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios and was hired by Thalberg as Story Editor, the executive in charge of the screenwriting department. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Following Irving Thalberg's death in 1936, Marx became a producer and was behind a number of popular films, including Lassie Come Home (1943) and Son of Lassie (1945). Lassie Come Home ( 1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal in a story Son of Lassie is an MGM Feature film released in 1945 starring Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, and June Lockhart and the dog During the 1950s he began working as an executive producer for Desilu Productions, where he was responsible for films and shows such as The General Electric Hour. Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. During the 1970s, he returned to writing books, such as Mayer and Thalberg: The Make-Believe Saints (1975). Marx also helped Hollywood historians with their research for television shows. One such show, the TNT special series MGM: When the Lion Roars, was telecast in 1992 during the month Marx died.

In 1990, Samuel Marx and Joyce Vanderveen published Deadly Illusions. Marx was MGM's Story Editor and a friend of both Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg at the time of Bern's death. Paul Bern ( December 3, 1889 &ndash September 5, 1932) was a German - American film director screenwriter and producer for Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer Back in 1932, he had actually gone to Bern's house before the police were informed of the discovery of a dead man. He spoke with Thalberg outside the house. Thalberg told him Bern was dead, that he (Marx) should not go inside, that the sight was too gruesome and that he should go home. Next day, he was among the studio executives who were told by Louis B. Mayer what the case would have to be to avoid scandal: "Suicide Because of Impotence!"

In the 1980s he investigated the case, and for the first time scrutinized the remaining available evidence. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most He concluded that Louis B. Mayer and Howard Strickling allowed the evidence to be tampered with before the police arrived and that Irving Thalberg went along with the lie. Further, Marx claimed that Bern was murdered by Dorothy Millette, who then committed suicide. Marx also claimed that Los Angeles D. A. Buron Fitts had been bribed by MGM to keep a lid on the case. Buron Rogers Fitts (first name often incorrectly given as "Burton" ( March 22, 1895 Belcherville Texas - March 1973 Three Rivers California

References

• Samuel Marx and Joyce Vanderveen: Deadly Illusions (Random House, New York, 1990), re-published as Murder Hollywood Style - Who Killed Jean Harlow's Husband? (Arrow, 1994, ISBN 0 09 961060 4)

External links

• Samuel Marx at the Internet Movie Database