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)

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM 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

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention as Himself

1928

Detectives ... (Producer)
West of Zanzibar ... (Presenter)

1926

Mike ... (Presenter)

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... (Producer)
Excuse Me ... (Presenter)
Proud Flesh ... (Presenter)
Man and Maid ... (Producer)
1925 Studio Tour as Self

1924

Greed ... (Executive Producer)
He Who Gets Slapped ... (Presenter)
Wine of Youth ... (Producer)
Thy Name Is Woman ... (Producer)
So This Is Marriage? ... (Presenter)
The Snob ... (Presenter)

1923

The Famous Mrs. Fair ... (Presenter)
Hearts Aflame ... (Presenter)
Strangers of the Night ... (Presenter)

1922

Seeing Stars as Self
The Woman He Married ... (Producer)
Rose o' the Sea ... (Producer)

1921

Playthings of Destiny ... (Producer)
Habit ... (Producer)

1920

Harriet and the Piper ... (Producer)
Old Dad ... (Presenter)
The Inferior Sex ... (Producer)
The Fighting Shepherdess ... (Producer)

1919

A Midnight Romance ... (Producer)
Her Kingdom of Dreams ... (Producer)
Mary Regan ... (Producer)
Human Desire ... (Producer)

1918

Virtuous Wives ... (Producer)

1917

The Great Secret ... (Producer)

1916

Dimples ... (Producer)
Lovely Mary ... (Producer)

1915

Barbara Frietchie ... (Producer)
Always in the Way ... (Producer)