Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, ac
Mayer in 1953
Lionel Barrymore's 61st birthday in 1939, standing: Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, seated: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind Russell
Mayer with Joan Crawford at the premiere of Torch Song, 1953. "To me," she once stated, "L.B. Mayer was my father, my father confessor, the best friend I ever had."
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Love Finds Andy Hardy, 1938
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and
Louis B. Mayer
…Louis Burt Mayer (; 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. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration…
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in Min and Bill (1930)
Spencer Tracy in Fury (1936)
Bert Lahr, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley in The Wizard of Oz (1939), which since its release became one of MGM's most iconic and beloved films.