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Louis B. Mayer

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Canadian-American film producer (1884-1957)

United StatesDirectorsLived 1884 to 1957 · aged 73
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Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. 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.

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Lionel Barrymore's 61st birthday in 1939, standing: Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, seated: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind RussellLionel Barrymore's 61st birthday in 1939, standing: Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, seated: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind RussellMayer with Joan Crawford at the premiere of Torch Song, 1953."To me," she once stated, "L.B. Mayer was my father, my father confessor, the best friend I ever had."[64]Mayer with Joan Crawford at the premiere of Torch Song, 1953."To me," she once stated, "L.B. Mayer was my father, my father confessor, the best friend I ever had."[64]Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Love Finds Andy Hardy, 1938Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Love Finds Andy Hardy, 1938Greer Garson, 1940sGreer Garson, 1940s

Filmography 40

Greed1924 · ★ 7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · ★ 7.3
Sid & Judy2019
1925 Studio Tour1925
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009
Seeing Stars1922
I Take This Woman1940
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood2025
Actors and Sin1952
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM2004
Judy Garland: By Myself2004
Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972
Wine of Youth1924
Rat Pack2022
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004
Another Romance of Celluloid1938
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown1986
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention1937
Showbiz Goes to War1982
Playthings of Destiny1921
Harriet and the Piper1920
A Midnight Romance1919
Detectives1928
Thy Name Is Woman1924
Her Kingdom of Dreams1919
Man and Maid1925
Mary Regan1919
The Woman He Married1922
Strangers of the Night1923
The Inferior Sex1920
The Fighting Shepherdess1920
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine2003
Habit1921
Rose o' the Sea1922
Human Desire1919
The Great Secret1917
Virtuous Wives1918
Barbara Frietchie1915
Dimples1916

55 credits on file

Awards 3

2004Canada's Walk of Fame
1951Academy Honorary Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Connected to Louis 6

Hedy LamarrAlso in I Take This Woman (1940)Harris JAlso in Barbara Frietchie (1915)Janet GaynorAlso in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Carole LombardAlso in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Irving ThalbergAlso in Greed (1924)Laraine DayAlso in I Take This Woman (1940)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1957 · aged 73
Written about in
29 languages

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