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Louis B. Mayer
Born	Eliezer Meir July 4, 1884 Minsk, Belarus, (former part of Russian Empire)
Died	October 29, 1957 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California
Spouse(s)	Margaret Shenberg (1904-1947) Lorena Danker (1948-1957)

Louis Burt Mayer (born Eliezer Meir 1884^[1] – October 29, 1957) was an early film producer, most famous for his stewardship and co-founding of the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films.

He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. For other uses including various songs titled "Movie Star" see Movie star (disambiguation. Known always as Louis B. Mayer and often simply as "L. B. ", he believed in "wholesome entertainment" and went to great lengths so that MGM had "more stars than there are in the heavens".

Early life

Born to a Jewish family in Minsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), Mayer emigrated with his family to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada when he was still very young, and Mayer attended school there. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Saint John is the largest city in the Province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page His father started a scrap metal business, J. Scrap is a term used to describe Recyclable materials left over from every manner of product consumption such as parts of vehicles building supplies and surplus materials Mayer & Son. Louis, as the son, salvaged material from sunken vessels on the ocean floor, where his father would throw him overboard and would not let him return onto the boat until he had what his father needed. Throughout Mayer's childhood, he was constantly abused by his father. He married Margaret Shenberg on June 14, 1904, and, three years later, moved to Amsterdam. ^[2]

Early career

Mayer renovated the "Gem Theater", a rundown, 600 seat burlesque house in Haverhill, Massachusetts,^[3] which he reopened on November 28, 1907 as the "Orpheum", his first movie theater. Burlesque is theatrical entertainment of broad and parodic humor which usually consists of comic skits (and sometimes a strip tease) Haverhill (ˈheɪvrɪl is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue To overcome the unfavorable reputation that the building once had in the community, Mayer decided to debut with the showing of a religious film. Years later, Mayer would say that the premiere at the Orpheum was From the Manger to the Cross,^[4] although most sources place the release of that film as 1912. From the Manger to the Cross or Jesus of Nazareth is a 1912 American Motion picture filmed on location in Palestine ^[5] Within a few years, he owned all five of Haverhill's theaters, and, with Nat Gordon, created the Gordon-Mayer partnership that controlled the largest theater chain in New England. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the ^[2]

In 1914, the partners organized their own film distribution agency in Boston. Mayer paid D.W. Griffith $25,000 for the exclusive rights to show The Birth of a Nation (1915) in New England. David Llewelyn Wark "D W" Griffith (January 22 1875 &ndash July 23 1948 was a premier pioneering Academy Award -winning American Film director. The Birth of a Nation (also known as The Clansman) a Silent film directed by D Though Mayer had made the bid on a film that one of his scouts had seen, but he had not, his decision netted him over $100,000. ^[6] Mayer partnered with Richard A. Rowland in 1916 to create Metro Pictures Corporation, a talent booking agency, in New York City. Metro Pictures Corporation was an American Motion picture production company founded in late 1915 by Richard A The City of New York

Two years later, Mayer moved to Los Angeles and formed his own production company, Louis B. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Mayer Pictures Corporation. The first production was 1918's Virtuous Wives. ^[7] A partnership was set up with B. P. Schulberg to make the Mayer-Schulberg Studio. BP Schulberg ( January 19, 1892 - February 25, 1957) was a pioneer Film producer and Movie studio executive Mayer's big breakthrough, however, was in April 1924 when Marcus Loew, owner of the Loews Theatres chain, merged Metro Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn's Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, and Mayer Pictures into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under the supervision of Nicholas Schenck in New York City. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marcus Loew ( May 7, 1870 &ndash September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the Motion picture Loews Theatres, aka Loews Incorporated, founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew, was the oldest theater chain operating in North America until it merged with Samuel Goldwyn ( ca. July 1879 &ndash 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning producer Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American Motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Gelbfisz in partnership with Broadway Nicholas M Schenck ( 14 November 1881, Rybinsk, Russia &ndash 4 March, 1969, Florida) was a Motion picture As "Vice-President in Charge of Production" based in Los Angeles, Mayer effectively controlled MGM for the next 27 years.

In 1927, Loew died, leaving control of MGM to Schenck. In 1929, the head of rival studio Fox Film Corporation, William Fox, arranged to buy controlling interest from Schenck. William Fox ( January 1, 1879 &ndash May 8, 1952) was a pioneering American Motion picture executive who founded the Mayer and Thalberg were outraged -- they were in charge of MGM but had no say in the deal. Mayer went to the Justice Department and, through his political connections, got the department to file antitrust charges against Fox. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department The fact that Fox was seriously injured in the summer of 1929 in a car accident -- and the stock market crash took place in the fall of 1929 -- meant the Loews-Fox deal was doomed, even if the Justice Department had given its blessing. The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929

MGM boss

As a studio boss, Louis B. Mayer built MGM into the most financially successful motion picture studio in the world and the only one to pay dividends throughout the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. However he frequently clashed with production chief Irving Thalberg, who preferred literary works over the crowd-pleasers Mayer wanted. Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer He ousted Thalberg as production chief in 1932 while Thalberg was recovering from a heart attack and replaced him with independent producers until 1936, when he became head of production as well as studio chief. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply This made Mayer the first executive in America to earn a million-dollar salary. Under Mayer, MGM produced many successful films with high earning stars including Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland and many others. Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Lon Chaney ( April 1 1883 &ndash August 26 1930) nicknamed " The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer

Although Mayer had a reputation for ruthless expediency and allegedly narrow views about what subjects were suitable topics for motion pictures, Katharine Hepburn referred to him as a "nice man" (and claimed she personally negotiated many of her contracts with Mayer), while young actresses such as Debbie Reynolds, June Allyson, and Leslie Caron who matured as MGM contract players viewed him as a father figure. Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, Singer June Allyson (October 7 1917 – July 8 2006 was a Golden Globe -winning American film and television Actress, popular in the 1940s Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (lɛsli kaʁɔ̃ (born 1 July 1931 is a two-time Academy Award-nominated French Film actress and Dancer. A Father Figure is usually considered to be an older man often one in a position of power or influence who arouses Emotions usually felt for a person's Father

Later years and fall from power

By 1948, due to the introduction of television and changing public tastes, MGM suffered a considerable dropoff in its success. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The glory days of MGM as well as other studios were also over because of United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948), a Supreme Court decision that severed the connection between film studios and the movie theater chains that showed their films. United States v Paramount Pictures, Inc, 334 US 131 ( 1948) (also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, the Paramount The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. In 1947, the HUAC hearings -- and later Sen. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. Joseph McCarthy -- accused some Hollywood stars, writers, and directors of being communists. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based

The MGM corporate office in New York decided that Dore Schary, recently hired from RKO Radio Pictures, might be able to turn the tide. Isidore 'Dore' Schary ( August 31, 1905, Newark New Jersey - July 7, 1980, New York City) was an American motion picture In 1951, MGM had three years without a major Academy Award, which provoked further conflict between Mayer and Nicholas Schenck, president of MGM's parent, Loews, Inc.. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Nicholas M Schenck ( 14 November 1881, Rybinsk, Russia &ndash 4 March, 1969, Florida) was a Motion picture Loews Theatres, aka Loews Incorporated, founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew, was the oldest theater chain operating in North America until it merged with Mayer worked to control costs and searched for a "new Thalberg", hiring writer and producer Schary as production chief. Schary, who was 20 years Mayer's junior, preferred message pictures in contrast with Mayer's taste for "wholesome" films. A message picture is a Motion picture that in addition to or instead of being for entertainment intends to communicate a certain message or ideal about society

During this period in 1951, Mayer reportedly called Loews headquarters in New York City with an ultimatum, "It's either him, or me" and Schenck fired Mayer from the post he'd held for 27 years. The City of New York Mayer tried to stage a boardroom coup but failed and largely retired from public life.

Personal life

Mayer had two daughters from his first marriage to Margaret Shenberg. The eldest, Edith (Edie) Mayer (b. August 14, 1905 - d. 1987), from whom he would later become estranged and disinherit, married producer William Goetz (who became president of Universal Pictures). William Goetz ( March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American Hollywood Film Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The younger daughter, Irene Gladys Mayer (1907-1990), married producer David O. Selznick. David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Irene Mayer Selznick wrote in her autobiography A Private View (1983), about having to wait to marry her betrothed, David Selznick, until Edie, the older sister, was married, in accordance with her family's views on propriety. Irene Mayer Selznick ( April 2, 1907 - October 10, 1990) was an American Theatrical producer. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" Irene, David, and L. B. Mayer had a fight about the date of Irene and David's wedding being too close after Edie's. Selznick protested, saying he had waited long enough while Edie was courted and planned her wedding, and that his schedule at Paramount Pictures, for whom he then worked, decreed he must get married when he and Irene wished, regardless of LB's protestations. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

Active in Republican Party politics, Mayer served as the vice chairman of the Republican Party of California from 1931 to 1932 and as its state chairman between 1932 and 1933. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He and Thalberg played a role in attacking reformist Upton Sinclair's EPIC Movement in the 1934 California gubernatorial bid, in an early use of modern-day public relations and propaganda strategy. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer Short for End Poverty in California, EPIC was an effort for well-known Muckraking writer and former Socialist Upton Sinclair to implement Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people ^[8]

Thoroughbred horse racing

Mayer owned or bred a number of successful thoroughbred racehorses at his 504-acre (2. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. 0 km²) ranch in Perris, California, 72 miles (116 km) east of Los Angeles. Perris is a town in Riverside County California. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46600

In the 2005 biography, Lion of Hollywood, author Scott Eyman wrote that: "Mayer built one of the finest racing stables in the United States" and that he "almost single-handedly raised the standards of the California racing business to a point where the Eastern thoroughbred establishment had to pay attention. " Among his horses was Your Host, sire of Kelso, the 1945 U.S. Horse of the Year, Busher, and the 1959 Preakness Stakes winner, Royal Orbit. Born in California in 1947 Your Host was by the imported British stallion Alibhai out of the Irish mare Boudoir by the French stallion Kelso (April 4 1957 - October 16 1983 was an American Thoroughbred Race horse and is considered to be among the best racehorses of the Twentieth century The American Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Busher (1942-1955 was a Thoroughbred racing Filly. She was sired by War Admiral, the winner of the Triple Crown in 1937 and The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1 Royal Orbit (foaled 1956 was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Eventually Mayer sold off the stable, partly to finance his divorce in 1947. His 248 horses brought more than $4. 4 million.

In 1976, Thoroughbred of California magazine named him "California Breeder of the Century".

Controversies

Patricia Douglas Rape Coverup

A 1937 stag party put on by Mayer for MGM salesmen resulted in the rape of at least two of the 127 women procured as entertainers for the event. A bachelor party (United States South Africa also known as a stag party or stag night or stag do (UK Ireland Canada and New Zealand bull's ^[9] The documentary film Girl 27 (2007), directed by David Stenn and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, about one of those women, Patricia Douglas, revealed that Mayer was involved with covering up the rape allegations by bribing witnesses, Douglas' attorney, and even Douglas' own mother to help keep the rape silent. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. Douglas' lawsuit against Mayer and others was one of the first rape charges filed in federal court. ^{[10] [11]}

Ted Healy's Death

One version of the death of Ted Healy in December 1937 is that he was beaten to death outside the Trocadero nightclub by screen legend Wallace Beery, a young Albert R. Broccoli (later producer of James Bond films), and notorious gangster (and Broccoli's cousin) Pat DiCicco. Ted Healy ( October 1, 1896 &ndash December 21, 1937) was an American Vaudeville performer Comedian, and Actor Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In West Hollywood California, the Cafe Trocadero was the center of Jitterbug in the 1930s Wallace Beery ( April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American Academy Award -winning actor arguably best known Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon ( April 5 1909 &ndash June 27 1996) nicknamed "Cubby" was an American James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story This account emerges in a book about MGM's legendary "fixers," Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling, in The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling, and the MGM Publicity Machine (2004) by E. Edgar Joseph "Eddie" Mannix ( 25 February 1891, Fort Lee New Jersey – 30 August 1963, Beverly Hills California J. Fleming. MGM, supposedly under orders from Mayer, sent Beery, one of their most valuable properties, off to Europe for several months until everything cooled down, while a story about "drunk college boys" beating up Healy was fabricated to conceal the truth. (Immigration records confirm a four-month trip to Europe on Beery's part immediately after Healy's death, ending April 17, 1938. )^[12]

William Haines Arrest and Dismissal

In 1933, MGM star William Haines was arrested in a YMCA with a sailor he had picked up in Los Angeles' Pershing Square. Charles William Haines ( January 2, 1900 &ndash December 26, 1973) was an American film actor who was one of the most notable film stars The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man Pershing Square is a public park in downtown Los Angeles California. Mayer delivered an ultimatum to Haines -- choose between a sham marriage or lavender marriage and his relationship with Haines' partner Jimmy Shields. A sham marriage is a union ( Marriage) motivated not so much by love but instead by a desire for political advantage or personal convenience Lavender marriage is a term used to describe a type of Mixed-orientation marriage in which a man and a woman marry for the purpose of concealing that one or both parties are Haines chose Shields and were ultimately together for 50 years. Mayer subsequently fired Haines and terminated his contract, quickly recasting Robert Montgomery in roles that had been planned for Haines. Robert Montgomery ( May 21, 1904 &ndash September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director Haines made his final films, Young and Beautiful and The Marines Are Coming (both 1934) at Poverty Row studio Mascot Pictures, then retired to found a prosperous interior decorating business. Poverty Row is a slang term used in Hollywood from the late silent period through the mid-fifties to refer to a variety of small and mostly short-lived B movie The Mascot Pictures Corporation was a minor film company of the 1920s and 1930s best known for producing Film serials and B-westerns. (See William J. Mann's 1998 biography Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines. William J Mann is an American novelist biographer, and Hollywood historian best known for his biography of Katharine Hepburn, Kate The Woman )

Death of Paul Bern

The alleged "suicide note" from Paul Bern to Jean Harlow reads: "Dearest Dear, Unfortuately [sic] this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and to wipe out my abject humiliation, I Love [sic] you. Paul Bern ( December 3, 1889 &ndash September 5, 1932) was a German - American film director screenwriter and producer for Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s Paul You understand that last night was only a comedy"

In 1990, Samuel Marx and Joyce Vanderveen wrote Deadly Illusions, published by Random House. Samuel Marx ( January 26 1902, New York City - March 2 1992, Los Angeles California) was an American film producer screenwriter Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Marx was a story editor at MGM and a friend of both Irving Thalberg and Paul Bern, husband of MGM star Jean Harlow, at the time of Bern's death. Paul Bern ( December 3, 1889 &ndash September 5, 1932) was a German - American film director screenwriter and producer for Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s On September 5, 1932, Marx had gone to Bern's house -- before the police were informed of the discovery of Bern's body -- and saw Thalberg tampering with the evidence. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The next day, Marx was among the studio executives who were told by Louis B. Mayer what the headlines would be to avoid scandal -- "Suicide Because of Impotence!"

In the 1980s, Marx investigated the case, and for the first time scrutinized the remaining available evidence. Marx concluded that Bern was murdered by his former common law wife, Dorothy Millette, who then committed suicide. Common-law marriage (or Common law marriage) sometimes called de facto marriage, informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute Two days after Bern's death she jumped from the ferryboat Delta King, traveling from San Francisco to Sacramento. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Her body was found a few days later by men fishing on the Sacramento River. The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U Millette's shoes and jacket were found on the boat -- she had taken them off before jumping into the water. The "suicide note" had in fact been written by Bern, but some weeks prior to his death, to apologize for a minor quarrel with Harlow about the secluded location of their home -- Harlow wanted to live in a livelier place. Bern had bought a bunch of roses and presented them to Jean with the note that became a "suicide note" in the eyes of Los Angeles district attorney Buron Fitts who was bribed by MGM to keep the lid on the case. A district attorney (DA is in some US jurisdictions the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals Buron Rogers Fitts (first name often incorrectly given as "Burton" ( March 22, 1895 Belcherville Texas - March 1973 Three Rivers California

Death and legacy

Louis B. Mayer died of kidney failure on October 29, 1957 and was interred in the Home of Peace Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. Renal failure or kidney Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Home of Peace Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 4334 Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, California. See also East Los Angeles (region East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L His last words (reportedly) were, "Nothing matters. "

His mother Sarah and father are buried in the Shaarei Zedek Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick, in the small Jewish section of the Fernhill Cemetery on Westmorland Road. Fernhill Cemetery, originally known as the Rural Cemetery at the time it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick

Cultural references

Son-in-law David O. Selznick refused any financial help from Mayer, and instead chose to establish an independent film production studio, after working for both Paramount Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures. David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Gone with the Wind, David O. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 Selznick's largest-scale picture, was released in 1939. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ironically, Gone with the Wind was eventually bought by MGM and now is one of several thousand films in the MGM library - which at the present is divided between MGM itself (1986-present) and Warner Bros. (which owns the pre-1986 films). Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and

Mayer has been portrayed numerous times in movies including:

• Mommie Dearest (by Howard Da Silva)
• RKO 281 (by David Suchet)
• De-Lovely (by Peter Polycarpou)
• The Aviator (by Stanley DeSantis)
• The Last Tycoon (by Robert Mitchum) and
• Barton Fink (parodied by Michael Lerner)
• Hollywoodland
• The Holiday by Nancy Meyers
• Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (by Al Waxman)
• Cats Don't Dance (by George Kennedy as the voice of L. Mommie Dearest is a 1981 Paramount Drama film about Joan Crawford, starring Faye Dunaway. Howard Da Silva ( May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American Actor. RKO 281 is a 1999 Dramatic Film directed by Benjamin Ross and starring Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie David Suchet (pronunced "soo-shay" /ˈsuːʃeɪ/ OBE (born 2 May 1946 is an English Actor, known for his work on British De-Lovely is a 2004 American / British musical Biographical film directed by Irwin Winkler. Peter Polycarpou is a British stage and TV Actor. He played Chris Theodopolopoudos in the hugely successful TV series Birds of a Feather. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Stanley DeSantis ( 1953 - August 16, 2005) was an American Actor and businessman The Last Tycoon ( 1976) is a film based upon the novel The Last Tycoon (now known as The Love of the Last Tycoon) by F Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film Barton Fink is a 1991 Film by Joel and Ethan Coen. It tells the story of Barton Fink ( John Turturro) a young intense and rather awkward writer Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an Academy Award -nominated American Character actor. Hollywoodland is a 2006 Biopic / Docudrama directed by TV alum Allen Coulter (his feature directorial debut about a down-on-his-luck The Holiday ( 2006) is a Romantic comedy film distributed by Columbia Pictures in the US and Universal Studios outside the US Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, US) is an American Life with Judy Garland Me and My Shadows is a 2001 television film based on the memoirs of Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland. Albert Samuel Waxman CM, OOnt ( March 2, 1935 &ndash January 18, 2001) was a Canadian Actor and Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 animated Film, notable as the only animated feature produced by Turner Entertainment animation unit (later George Harris Kennedy Jr He was raised by his mother Helen A ( née Kieselbach a ballet dancer B. Mammoth, a parodied caricature of Mayer)

Mayer has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame^[13]

See also

• Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood
• Selig Polyscope Company

References

Bibliography

• Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer (Simon & Schuster, 2005) ISBN 0-7432-0481-6

External links

• Time 100 profile of Louis B. Mayer
• Louis B. Mayer at IMDb