Louis B. Mayer
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Birth Name: Eliezer Meir
Born: 4 July 1885 Died: 29 October 1957
Country of origin: Russian Federation
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Louis B. Mayer was an American film producer.
Born Eliezer Meir in Minsk, Russia, (now Belarus), his family immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada when he was still very young and Mayer attended school there.
On November 28, 1907 in Haverville, Massachusetts, Mayer, then a scrap-metal dealer, opened his first movie theater. Within a few years he had the largest theater chain in New England, and in 1917 he founded his own production company, Louis B. Mayer Pictures, which eventually became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
As head of production for the new MGM, Louis B. Mayer made it the most successful motion pictur
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2. Trumbo (2008)
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5. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
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