Louis B. Mayer
Known for: Production
Born: July 11, 1884 in Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine] - Died: October 28, 1957
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.
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Seeing Stars
Self
Sid & Judy
Self (archive photos)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)
1925 Studio Tour
Self
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
Himself
Actors and Sin
Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Producer
Proud Flesh
Presenter
Detectives
Producer
The Woman He Married
Producer
Wine of Youth
Producer
Mike
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Greed
Executive Producer