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Louis B. Mayer
Production
Born July 12, 1884 · Dymer, 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.
Films (17)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Rat Pack
2022
Sid & Judy
2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Actors and Sin
1952
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1937
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Seeing Stars
1922