Louis B. Mayer
Born: 1884-07-12 in Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: 1957-10-29
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2025
- Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Sid & Judy as Self (archive photos)
2009
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
1995
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1986
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1952
- Actors and Sin as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
1940
- I Take This Woman ... (Producer)
1938
- Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
1937
1928
- West of Zanzibar ... (Presenter)
- Detectives ... (Producer)
1926
- Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
- Mike ... (Presenter)
1925
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... (Producer)
- 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- Proud Flesh ... (Presenter)
- Excuse Me ... (Presenter)
- Man and Maid ... (Producer)
1924
- Greed ... (Executive Producer)
- So This Is Marriage? ... (Presenter)
- He Who Gets Slapped ... (Presenter)
- Wine of Youth ... (Producer)
- The Snob ... (Presenter)
- Thy Name Is Woman ... (Producer)
1923
- The Famous Mrs. Fair ... (Presenter)
- Strangers of the Night ... (Producer)
- Hearts Aflame ... (Presenter)
1922
- Seeing Stars as Self
- The Woman He Married ... (Producer)
- Rose o' the Sea ... (Producer)
1921
- Habit ... (Producer)
- Playthings of Destiny ... (Producer)
1920
- The Fighting Shepherdess ... (Producer)
- Harriet and the Piper ... (Producer)
- The Inferior Sex ... (Producer)
- Old Dad ... (Presenter)
1919
- Her Kingdom of Dreams ... (Producer)
- A Midnight Romance ... (Producer)
- Mary Regan ... (Producer)
- Human Desire ... (Producer)
1918
- Virtuous Wives ... (Producer)
1917
- The Great Secret ... (Producer)
1916
- Lovely Mary ... (Producer)
- Dimples ... (Producer)
1915
- Always in the Way ... (Producer)
- Barbara Frietchie ... (Producer)