Louis B. Mayer

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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Showbiz Goes to War

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

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Checking Out: Grand Hotel

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

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1925 Studio Tour

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

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Judy Garland: By Myself

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Another Romance of Celluloid

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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

Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

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