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2, including Irene Mayer Selznick. Louis Burt Mayer ( / ˈmeɪ.ər /; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 [ 3] – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American [ 1] film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest ...
Aug 5, 2024 · Louis B. Mayer (born July 12, 1884, Dymer, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)—died October 29, 1957, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Russian-born American businessman who, for nearly 30 years, was the most powerful motion-picture executive in Hollywood. As the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the largest and most prestigious film studio ...
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Long before Weinstein there was Louis B. Mayer, who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1924. Mayer, the ground zero of this kind of abuse, had means, motive, opportunity and that critical ...
Jul 6, 2005 · In his wonderfully readable biography of Mayer, "Lion of Hollywood," Scott Eyman paints a vivid portrait of Mayer and the studio he ran with blood, bile and singular common sense. "Put on a little ...
Dec 25, 2005 · Lion of Hollywood The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer Scott Eyman Simon & Schuster: 596 pp., $35 ... and a great studio publicist, Howard Strickling, a high school dropout but an unforgettable ...
Dec 7, 1998 · December 7, 1998 12:00 AM EST. D an Quayle would have loved Louis B. Mayer, a man for whom the words family values had real meaning. Motherhood, the Stars and Stripes and God were equal parts of a ...
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Jul 10, 2005 · LION OF HOLLYWOOD The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer. By Scott Eyman. Illustrated. 596 pp. Simon & Schuster. $35. THE film critic Otis Ferguson once said, "Hollywood is a state of mind -- but ...
