He was best known for working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and producing some of the studio's most prestigious films such as Adam's Rib (1949), I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).
Upon taking the stage, she received a standing ovation, to which she replied "I'm living proof that a person can wait forty-one years to be unselfish", a reference to her first Oscar win in 1933.
He was also involved in the production of Buster Keaton comedies, as well as Marie Dressler and Polly Moran films early in his career.
Keaton later wrote "for quite a while he [Weingarten] exercised little more authority over my crew, cast, and selection of story material than the fat cop on the corner.
[4] During Weingarten's almost forty year long tenure at MGM, he produced 75 films, including A Day at the Races (1937), Adam's Rib (1949), Pat and Mike (1952), The Tender Trap (1955), I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), Don't Go Near the Water (1957) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).
But Larry relaxed as he learned I was trying to make everyone aware that I was sensitive to their prior relationships but that I also intended to do exactly what I had agreed to do — run production.
[11] Weingarten was last credited as a producer on The Impossible Years (1968) although he unsuccessfully sought to make some other films afterwards including Roses are Blue and Christy.