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Hunt Stromberg (Q1638070) Hunt Stromberg. American film producer (1894-1968) edit. Language. Label. Description. Also known as.
Hunt Stromberg was the first producer added to the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers in 1942 after the group had been formed by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, Mary Pickford, David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, and Orson Welles. Stromberg had been one of the key MGM executives for many years.
Hunt Stromberg. Producer: The Thin Man. Hunt Stromberg was born on 12 July 1894 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Thin Man (1934), Naughty Marietta (1935) and Sweethearts (1938).
Hunt Stromberg was the first producer added to the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers in 1942 after the group had been formed by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, Mary Pickford, David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, and Orson Welles. Stromberg had been one of the key MGM executives for many years.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5430. Source citation. Motion Picture Producer. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he started out as a sportswriter in St. Louis and became publicity director for Goldwyn Pictures in 1915. In 1921 he formed Hunt Stromberg Productions and cranked out low-budget comedies and westerns for the Robertson-Cole theatre circuit.
A former St. Louis sports reporter, Hunt Stromberg entered movies in the pre-World War One era as a publicity agent for the Goldwyn company. In 1919, he became the personal representative of film mogul Thomas H. Ince; two years later Stromberg was himself a producer, turning out a series of low-budget independent features.
Hunt Stromberg was an American producer active in film from 1921 to 1951. He began his film career as publicity director for the Goldwyn company in New York before relocating to Hollywood in 1919. Stromberg was at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from the mid-1920s to early 1940s.
