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Search for: 'Louis B. Mayer' in Oxford Reference ». 1885–1957)Russian-born US film executive who became one of Hollywood's most powerful film magnates.Born in Minsk, Mayer emigrated as a child with his family to Canada, where he began his working life as a scrap-metal dealer. His entry into the motion picture business came in 1907, when he ...
Louis B. Mayer was born Lazar Meir in Dymer, a town in the Ukraine some 25 miles north of Kiev, on July 12, 1884. In later years, he would change his birthday to July 4 to emphasize his patriotism and distance himself from his foreign roots.
Jan 15, 2010 · The saga of the ruby slippers' creation begins with studio head Louis B. Mayer, a man who was every bit as autocratic, as wily, and as self-made as the great Wizard of Oz himself. (2) By the late 1930s, Mayer had succeeded in building a moviemaking empire, founded on his philosophy of a "star system" that helped ensure artistic quality and ...
Mayer, Louis B. (1885-1957) Arguably the most influential motion picture executive of this century, Louis B. Mayer presided over the studio that claimed to have "more stars than there are in heaven," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). In 1938 Mayer was the highest paid person in America, including Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Ford.
Sep 18, 2015 · In 1918, Mayer moved his family to Los Angeles, where Louis B. Mayer Productions set up shop in half of a studio on Mission Road in East L.A. and started assembling a roster of stars.
Mar 19, 1993 · Louis B. Mayer began his business career buying and selling leftover fluff from New England cotton mills, but he soon moved on to higher fluff. By the 1930s the man who had been born Lazar Meir in ...
Louis B. Mayer, King of Hollywood. Louis B. Mayer: King of Hollywood (1999) is a documentary film directed by F. Whitman Trecartin that takes a look at life of filmmaker Louis B. Mayer, who as head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios, came to rule over movie stars. The film takes a look at the personal price that Mayer paid for that success.
