This episode was written using the following references:

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To see more examples of Irving Thalber's work at MGM, watch:

• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) dirs. Fred Niblo and B. Reeves Easton
• The Divorcee (1930) dir. Robert Z. Leonard
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) dir. Sidney Franklin
• China Seas (1935) dir. Tay Garnett
• The Good Earth (1937) dir. Sidney Franklin