image of Louis B. Mayer
Birthday: Jul 12, 1884
Place of Birth: Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]

Louis B. Mayer

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Seeing Stars Self 1922
Sid & Judy Self (archive photos) 2019
Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) 1982
Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972
Facing the Past Self (archive footage) 2005
Girl 27 Self (archive footage) 2007
Checking Out: Grand Hotel Self (archive footage) 2004
Hollywood: The Selznick Years Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1961
Rat Pack Self (archive footage) 2022
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine 2003
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM Self (archive footage) 2004
Iconic Couples of Hollywood : Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor Himself 1970
1925 Studio Tour Self 1925
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown Self (archive footage) 1986
Judy Garland: By Myself Self (archive footage) 2004
Another Romance of Celluloid Self (uncredited) 1938
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self (archive footage) 1988
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner Self (archive footage) 2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Self (archive footage) 2009
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention Himself 1937
Actors and Sin Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage) 1952
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