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Order Number	00115431
Title	Norma Shearer and husband
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1763
Date	1945
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Edith Norma Shearer was born on August 10, 1902 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was one of the most popular actresses in the 1920s and 30s. Moving with her mother and sister to New York in 1920, she started out modeling and appeared in several silent films. She caught the eye of producer Hal Roach and in 1923 moved to Hollywood with a contract for $250 a week from Louis B. Mayer Pictures. MGM was formed the next year and Shearer was given starring roles. She became one of their biggest attractions and by 1925 was earning $1000 a week, rising to $5000 a week over the next five years. While at MGM, she met film producer Irving Thalberg, nicknamed "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and uncanny ability to produce very profitable films. They married in 1927 and had two children. In 1930 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film "The Divorcee." After Thalberg's death in 1936, she continued to act, finally retiring in 1942. That same year, she married Martin Arrouge, a former ski instructor. She remained active in the Hollywood social scene until 1960 when she desired more privacy. She died on June 12, 1983.; Martin Arrouge was born on March 23, 1915 in San Francisco. The ski instructor met Norma Shearer in 1938, two years after the death of her first husband Irving Thalberg Sr. In 1942, Shearer married Arrouge, the marriage lasting until her death in 1983. He was a Navy aviator during World War II and later became a real estate developer and businessman. He remarried Michele Daphine Ward on August 5, 1985 and died on August 8, 1999.
Description	Photograph caption dated March 2, 1945 reads "Lending a military motif to the premiere were, left to right, Lieut. Comdr. Milton Bren and his wife and Lieut. Martin Arrouge and his wife, Norma Shearer." The women are wearing furs and the men are in their navy uniforms.
Subject	Shearer, Norma,--1902-1983. Arrouge, Martin. Bren, Milton H. United States.--Navy. United States.--Navy--Officers. Navies--Officers. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Motion picture producers and directors--United States. Women--California--Los Angeles. Men--California--Los Angeles. Couples--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture premieres--California--Los Angeles. Fur coats. Night photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection