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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.
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Jun 26, 2024 · In the hot summer of 1942, Louis B. Mayer received a horrific letter in the mail. In the message, an anonymous writer had scrawled: "MR MAYER, IS YOUR LIFE WORTH $250,000 TO YOU BECAUSE IF IT ISN’T – YOU WILL BE A VERY DEAD MAN INSIDE OF TWO SHORT WEEKS!"
4 days ago · In 1918, Mayer moved to Los Angeles and founded Louis B. Mayer Pictures. His company quickly made a name for itself, and in 1924, it merged with Metro Pictures and Goldwyn Pictures to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Mayer was appointed head of the new studio, with Irving Thalberg as head of production. Under Mayer’s leadership, MGM became the ...
3 days ago · In September 1935, Louis B. Mayer asked songwriter Burton Lane to go to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles to watch the Garland Sisters' vaudeville act and to report to him. A few days later, Garland and her father were brought for an impromptu audition at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City .
1 day ago · $195.1B. $5.1B (2.57%) Real Time Net Worth. as of 7/15/24. #3 in the world today. Photo by Jamel Toppin/The Forbes Collection; About Bernard Arnault & family. Bernard Arnault oversees the...
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Jul 5, 2024 · In the USA, Louis Mayer turned MGM into the world's most successful film studio and became the highest-paid salaried worker of his era. As a co-founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Louis Mayer (Lazar Mayer from the Ukrainian village of Dymer) was honored with an honorary Oscar for his contributions to the film industry ...
3 days ago · The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
