Louis B. Mayer
July 12, 1884 (140 years old) in 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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- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Sid & Judy as Self (archive photos)
- 2019 · Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Girl 27 as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Facing the Past as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine as
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1952 · Actors and Sin as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- 1938 · Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention as Himself
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1922 · Seeing Stars as Self
- Future · Iconic Couples of Hollywood : Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor as Himself