Louis B. Mayer
Profile info
Known forProduction
GenderMale
Birthday12 July 1884
Died29 October 1957 (age 73)
Place of birthDymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Known credits55
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.
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019 · Self (archive photos)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Actors and Sin
1952 · Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
I Take This Woman
1940 · Producer
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1937 · Himself
West of Zanzibar
1928 · Presenter
Detectives
1928 · Producer
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
Mike
1926 · Presenter
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Producer
Proud Flesh
1925 · Presenter
Man and Maid
1925 · Producer
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
Excuse Me
1925 · Presenter
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 · Presenter
Greed
1924 · Executive Producer
So This Is Marriage?
1924 · Presenter
The Snob
1924 · Presenter
Wine of Youth
1924 · Producer
Thy Name Is Woman
1924 · Producer
Strangers of the Night
1923 · Producer
Strangers of the Night
1923 · Presenter
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923 · Presenter
Hearts Aflame
1923 · Presenter
Seeing Stars
1922 · Self
Rose o' the Sea
1922 · Producer
Rose o' the Sea
1922 · Presenter
The Woman He Married
1922 · Producer
Playthings of Destiny
1921 · Producer
Habit
1921 · Producer
Old Dad
1920 · Presenter
Harriet and the Piper
1920 · Producer
Harriet and the Piper
1920 · Presenter
The Inferior Sex
1920 · Producer
The Fighting Shepherdess
1920 · Producer
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