Production · 1884
Louis B. Mayer
Born Jul 12, 1884·Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]·Died Oct 29, 1957 (73)
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
20 titles- 2025
Gene Kelly: An American in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)6.5Movie - 2022
Rat PackSelf (archive footage)9.0Movie - 2019
Sid & JudySelf (archive photos)7.4Movie - 2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)7.5Movie - 2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage)6.6Movie - 2004Checking Out: Grand HotelSelf (archive footage)7.0Movie
- 2004
Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage)8.3Movie - 2004
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage)7.5Movie - 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine7.0Movie
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)8.0Movie - 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)6.5Movie - 1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the ClownSelf (archive footage)8.0Movie - 1982
Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)10.0Movie - 1972
Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)7.2Movie - 1952
Actors and SinLouis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)6.3Movie - 1938
Another Romance of CelluloidSelf (uncredited)5.3Movie - 1937The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 ConventionHimself7.5Movie
- 1926Vårt kronprinspar i HollywoodMovie
- 1925
1925 Studio TourSelf6.3Movie - 1922
Seeing StarsSelf4.9Movie