Louis B. Mayer
Known for: Production
Born: July 12, 1884
Died: October 29, 1957
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
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6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
7.4
Sid & Judy
2019
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
6.6
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
7.5
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
20047.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
20047.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
8.0
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.3
Actors and Sin
1952
5.8
I Take This Woman
1940
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
19387.5
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1937
6.9
West of Zanzibar
1928
10.0
Detectives
1928NR
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
192610.0
Mike
1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.2
Proud Flesh
19258.0
Man and Maid
1925
6.3
1925 Studio Tour
1925
8.0
Excuse Me
1925
7.6
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
7.3
Greed
1924
7.0
So This Is Marriage?
1924
7.0
The Snob
1924
8.3
Wine of Youth
1924
7.0
Thy Name Is Woman
1924
8.0
Strangers of the Night
1923
7.0
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923
9.0
Hearts Aflame
1923
4.9
Seeing Stars
1922
9.0
Rose o' the Sea
19228.0
The Woman He Married
1922
10.0
Playthings of Destiny
1921
9.0
Habit
1921
7.0
Old Dad
1920
9.0
Harriet and the Piper
1920
10.0
The Inferior Sex
1920
10.0
The Fighting Shepherdess
1920
7.0
Human Desire
1919
7.0
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919
10.0
Mary Regan
1919
10.0
A Midnight Romance
1919
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Virtuous Wives
1918
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The Great Secret
1917
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Lovely Mary
1916
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Dimples
1916
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Barbara Frietchie
1915
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Always in the Way
1915