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She also reported this claim on Larry King Live when interviewed on October 25, 1988, further alleging that Louis B. Mayer sexually propositioned her mother in an adjacent room during this incident. Temple stated these are the reason she left MGM after only one film and returned to Fox.
Nov 15, 2017 · Associate producer Arthur Freed stepped in, telling studio head Louis B. Mayer, “The song stays—or I go,” to which Mayer replied: “Let the boys have the damn song. Put it back in the picture. It can’t hurt.” More than 75 years later, the film and the song by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg are cultural touchstones.
Apr 23, 2024 · Freed repeatedly pressed studio production chief Louis B. Mayer for a chance to produce, and in 1938 he was named associate producer of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He then produced a series of “backyard” musicals starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, including Babes in Arms (1939), Strike Up the Band (1940), and Girl Crazy (1943).
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Oct 19, 2017 · Shirley Temple recalled that Arthur Freed, a producer at MGM, exposed himself to her when she was 12 years old. ... Louis B Mayer insisted that his protege Judy Garland sit on his lap – she was ...
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Jun 29, 2003 · Hired by MGM with his songwriting partner, Nacio Herb Brown, Freed endeared himself to Louis B. Mayer by creating a string of hit tunes -- ''You Are My Lucky Star,'' ''The Broadway Melody''...
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 concentration of leading writers ...
Dec 25, 2005 · Mayer insisted that his gifted associate Irving Thalberg be named head of production instead of Loew’s son Arthur. Sadly, the Mayer-Thalberg father-son relationship would deteriorate...
