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Louis B. Mayer
Born 1884-07-12Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Gene Kelly: An American in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Rat PackSelf (archive footage)Sid & JudySelf (archive photos)1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage)So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage)Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage)Checking Out: Grand HotelSelf (archive footage)Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the BeguineRoleThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the ClownSelf (archive footage)Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)Actors and SinLouis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)Another Romance of CelluloidSelf (uncredited)The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 ConventionHimselfVårt kronprinspar i HollywoodRole1925 Studio TourSelfSeeing StarsSelf