Person
Louis B. Mayer
Production · 1884–1957 · Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
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
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Producer
Greed
Executive Producer
Lovely Mary
Producer
So This Is Marriage?
Presenter
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2025Gene Kelly - An American in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Sid & JudySelf (archive photos)
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2004So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Checking Out: Grand HotelSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 1986Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the ClownSelf (archive footage)
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
- 1952Actors and SinLouis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- 1940I Take This WomanProducer
- 1938Another Romance of CelluloidSelf (uncredited)
- 1937The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 ConventionHimself
- 1928West of ZanzibarPresenter
- 1928DetectivesProducer
- 1926Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
- 1926MikePresenter
- 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristProducer
- 1925Proud FleshPresenter
- 1925Man and MaidProducer
- 19251925 Studio TourSelf
- 1925Excuse MePresenter
- 1924He Who Gets SlappedPresenter
- 1924GreedExecutive Producer
- 1924So This Is Marriage?Presenter
- 1924The SnobPresenter
- 1924Wine of YouthProducer
- 1924Thy Name Is WomanProducer
- 1923Strangers of the NightProducer
- 1923The Famous Mrs. FairPresenter
- 1923Hearts AflamePresenter
- 1922Seeing StarsSelf
- 1922Rose o' the SeaProducer
- 1922The Woman He MarriedProducer
- 1921Playthings of DestinyProducer
- 1921HabitProducer
- 1920Old DadPresenter
- 1920Harriet and the PiperProducer
- 1920The Inferior SexProducer
- 1920The Fighting ShepherdessProducer
- 1919Human DesireProducer
- 1919Her Kingdom of DreamsProducer
- 1919Mary ReganProducer
- 1919A Midnight RomanceProducer
- 1918Virtuous WivesProducer
- 1917The Great SecretProducer
- 1916Lovely MaryProducer
- 1916DimplesProducer
- 1915Barbara FrietchieProducer
- 1915Always in the WayProducer
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