Louis B. Mayer
- Production
- July 12, 1884 · Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
- October 29, 1957
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood · Self
- Rat Pack · Self
- Sid & Judy · Self
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · Self
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story · Self
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM · Self
- Judy Garland: By Myself · Self
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel · Self
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown · Self
- Showbiz Goes to War · (archive footage)
- Hollywood · Self
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory · Self
- Actors and Sin · Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- I Take This Woman · Producer
- Another Romance of Celluloid · Self
- The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention · Self
- West of Zanzibar · Presenter
- Detectives · Producer
- Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
- Mike · Presenter
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · Producer
- Proud Flesh · Presenter
- Man and Maid · Producer
- 1925 Studio Tour · Self
- Excuse Me · Presenter
- He Who Gets Slapped · Presenter
- Greed · Executive producer
- So This Is Marriage? · Presenter
- The Snob · Presenter
- Wine of Youth · Producer
- Thy Name Is Woman · Producer
- Strangers of the Night · Producer, Presenter
- The Famous Mrs. Fair · Presenter
- Hearts Aflame · Presenter
- Seeing Stars · Self
- Rose o' the Sea · Producer, Presenter
- The Woman He Married · Producer
- Playthings of Destiny · Producer
- Habit · Producer
- Old Dad · Presenter
- Harriet and the Piper · Producer, Presenter
- The Inferior Sex · Producer
- The Fighting Shepherdess · Producer
- Human Desire · Producer
- Her Kingdom of Dreams · Producer
- Mary Regan · Producer
- A Midnight Romance · Producer
- Virtuous Wives · Producer
- The Great Secret · Producer
- Lovely Mary · Producer
- Dimples · Producer
- Barbara Frietchie · Producer
- Always in the Way · Producer