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Louis B. Mayer
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
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 M…
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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.
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2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Sid & Judy
Movie Self (archive photos)
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2003
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1982
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie (archive footage)
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1952
Actors and Sin
Movie Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
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1940
I Take This Woman
Movie Producer
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1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Movie Self (uncredited)
- 1937
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1928
West of Zanzibar
Movie Presenter
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1928
Detectives
Movie Producer
- 1926
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1926
Mike
Movie Presenter
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1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie Producer
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1925
Proud Flesh
Movie Presenter
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1925
Man and Maid
Movie Producer
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1925
1925 Studio Tour
Movie Self
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1925
Excuse Me
Movie Presenter
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1924
He Who Gets Slapped
Movie Presenter
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1924
Greed
Movie Executive Producer
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1924
So This Is Marriage?
Movie Presenter
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1924
The Snob
Movie Presenter
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1924
Wine of Youth
Movie Producer
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1924
Thy Name Is Woman
Movie Producer
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1923
Strangers of the Night
Movie Producer
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1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie Presenter
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1923
Hearts Aflame
Movie Presenter
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1922
Seeing Stars
Movie Self
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1922
Rose o' the Sea
Movie Producer
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1922
The Woman He Married
Movie Producer
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1921
Playthings of Destiny
Movie Producer
