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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.
Jun 30, 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.
Jul 6, 2005 · The movie capital was a dreamland, a construction, and for more than 40 years no one manufactured those dreams better than Louis B. Mayer, the legendary force behind Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Dec 7, 1998 · Mayer went West in 1918, just after the first wave of Hollywood pioneers. He had been on the move since his threadbare family left its Cossack-ridden Ukrainian village in the late 1880s and a few...
Learn about the life and career of Louis B. Mayer, one of the founders of MGM and a powerful Hollywood mogul. From his humble origins in Ukraine to his rise as a theater and film entrepreneur, he shaped the industry and its stars.
Learn about the life and career of Louis B. Mayer, a Russian-born American film executive who founded MGM and became one of Hollywood's most powerful magnates. Find related entries, biographies, and references in Oxford Reference.
Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American 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 concentration of leading writers, directors, and stars in Hollywood.
