Louis B. Mayer

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.

Known For

Sid & Judy

Rat Pack

Showbiz Goes to War

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Actors and Sin

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

All Movies (17)

• Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sid & Judy2019 · as Self (archive photos)
• 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Judy Garland: By Myself2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine2003
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Actors and Sin1952 · as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
• Another Romance of Celluloid1938 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention1937 · as Himself
• 1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self
• Seeing Stars1922 · as Self