Louis B. Mayer

Born: 1884-07-12

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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And the Oscar Goes To...

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Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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Released: 2009-07-02

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...

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Judy Garland: By Myself

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Released: 2004-02-25

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll...

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Rat Pack

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Released: 2022-01-11

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public....

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Sid & Judy

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Released: 2019-06-26

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

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Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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Showbiz Goes to War

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Released: 1982-12-31

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

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Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

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Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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Girl 27

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Released: 2007-07-27

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the...

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Actors and Sin

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Released: 1952-06-18

Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a...

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Seeing Stars

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Released: 1922-10-29

First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.

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Another Romance of Celluloid

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Released: 1938-02-05

This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is...

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

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Released: 2019-05-22

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her...

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The Casting Couch

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Released: 1995-01-01

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's...

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1925 Studio Tour

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Released: 1925-04-09

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...

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Facing the Past

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Released: 2005-05-10

Documentary about the film 'A Face in the Crowd'.

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So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

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Released: 2004-12-07

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and...

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