Frankly, however, what Moguls & Movie Stars needed was the unerring eye of a Thalberg or a Mayer for storytelling.
And the new critics, who never heard Thalberg, have the impertinence to flout him, to make merry at his fantasias.
Thalberg had the greater technique; Gottschalk the greater charm.
"Tomorrow, then, I'll ask for Thalberg's resignation," was the reply.
Varvra Pvlovna played two or three little things of Thalberg's, and coquettishly "recited" a French ariette.
People have been very fond of placing Thalberg in the lists beside him, and then drawing comparisons.
