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   Louis B. Mayer has been accused of sexual abuse, including having groped a then-teenage Judy Garland. According to Gerald Clarke's book Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland, Mayer "held meetings with the young woman seated on his lap, his hands on her chest". [5]

2. www.factinate.com › people › louis-mayerSinister Facts About Louis B. Mayer, The Monster Of MGM

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   • Mayer Might I. Mayer was a self-made man in every sense of the word. As actress Ann Rutherford put it, "If anybody on earth ever created himself, Louis B. Mayer did."
   • I Made You, I Can Break You. Mayer was the epitome of the rigid and terrifying Hollywood studio system. He loved making "discoveries"—he was the man behind screen sirens like Greta Garbo, Hedy Lamarr, and Norma Shearer—and insisted that he made the stars.
   • The Man Behind the Curtain. In front of his staff, Mayer presented a calm, paternal presence. Behind closed doors, the truth was much different. Multiple insiders witnessed Mayer's infamous temper tantrums, complete with loud sobbing and furious ranting.
   • Immigrant Song. When he was a boy, Mayer's family moved from their Soviet hometown to New Brunswick in search of a better life. Sadly, "a better life" isn't what they got.

3. www.hollywoodreporter.com › business › business-newsWhen MGM Ruled Hollywood: The Rise (and Fall) of Amazon’s ...

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   Mar 5, 2022 · That MGM story begins with the last initial in the abbreviation, Louis B. Mayer, the biggest of the Hollywood big machers, the mogul who lived and sold the American dream as passionately as...

4. variety.com › 2017 › filmCasting-Couch Tactics Plagued Hollywood Before Harvey Weinstein

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   Oct 17, 2017 · 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...

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2005/07/06 › styleLION OF HOLLYWOOD The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer

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   Jul 6, 2005 · LION OF HOLLYWOOD The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer - The New York Times. By Manohla Dargis. July 6, 2005. The film critic Otis Ferguson once said, "Hollywood is a state of mind - but...

6. slate.com › articles › artsMGM founders Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer: You Must ...

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   Sep 18, 2015 · Louis B. Mayer, circa 1935. Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images. This week, the new season of You Must Remember This, the podcast that tells the secret and forgotten history of...

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   Who was Louis Mayer?

   • For one thing, Louis Mayer wasn't even his real name: He was born Lazar Meir in July 1884 in the former Russian Empire. If this sounds like humble beginnings, it was—and his childhood was heartbreaking. Wikimedia Commons 2. I Made You, I Can Break You Mayer was the epitome of the rigid and terrifying Hollywood studio system.

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   Who is Louis Burt Mayer?

   • Louis Burt Mayer ( / ˈmeɪ.ər /; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924.

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   Why did Mayer have a capital 'a'?

   • According to Beauchamp: “Harry Cohn at Columbia Pictures and Jack Warner at Warner Bros. were Abusive with a capital ‘A.’ Mayer believed he’d built his studio brick by brick, it was his town, and he was king, so therefore he deserved all the perks of the kingdom. That was the attitude of most studio heads.” I met them all.

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   Did Mayer get revenge on Marcus Loew?

   • Marcus Loew passed on soon after the MGM merger, but if Mayer thought he was going to grab the presidency, he was sorely mistaken. Instead, it went to Loew's confidant Nicholas Schenck, and Mayer was none too happy. He and Schenck absolutely despised each other— so Mayer got his revenge in the only way he knew how.

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8. www.youtube.com › watchLouis B. Mayer: A Discussion with New York Times Best-Selling ...

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   Aug 12, 2020 · Get the inside story from best-selling author Scott Eyman and former New York City Ballet member Steven Caras. Lana Turner, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford were all discovered by Louis B. Mayer...

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