Louis B. Mayer
Biography
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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.
Known For
Seeing Stars
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1925 Studio Tour
Self
Sid & Judy
Self (archive photos)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Actors and Sin
Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)