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Mayer became the prime creator of the enduring Hollywood of myth, home to stars like Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and Jean Harlow. Mayer became the highest-paid man in America, one of the country's most successful horse breeders, a political force and Hollywood's leading spokesman.
Mayer became the prime creator of the enduring Hollywood of myth, home to stars like Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and Jean Harlow. Mayer became the highest-paid man in America, one of the country's most successful horse breeders, a political force and Hollywood's leading spokesman.
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.
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.
Nov 9, 2011 · Louis Burt Mayer (born Eliezer Mayer), studio executive (born 12 July 1884 in Dymer, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]; died 29 October 1957 in Los Angeles, California). Louis B. Mayer was one of the first Hollywood movie moguls, and arguably the most powerful.
Sep 18, 2015 · Louis B. Mayer, right, sees Norma Shearer and her new husband, producer Irving Thalberg, off on their European honeymoon, circa 1927.
(1885—1957) Russian-born American film executive. Quick 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.
