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Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age. An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where the action and the power were—Hollywood.
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9. Nov. 2011 · Louis B. Mayer was one of the first Hollywood movie moguls, and arguably the most powerful. After running a successful chain of movie theatres, Mayer founded his own production company in 1917. In 1924, it merged with two other companies to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Mayer served as head of MGM until 1951, presiding over the biggest and most prestigious studio of Hollywood’s golden ...
6. Juli 2005 · For Eyman, the story of Louis B. Mayer is a story not just of one remarkably driven man but of an industry filled with similarly driven men (and the occasional woman), for whom making movies was a ...
Louis B Mayer (1884-1957) Louis B. Mayer was a genius, a brilliant and complex self-made man who rose from an apprenticeship at his father's junk business in Canada to forge MGM and American cinema as we know it today. He did more than anyone else to create the financial and artistic phenomenon that was the Hollywood dream factory.
Louis B. Mayer (născut Lazar Meir; n. 30 iunie / 12 iulie 1884 , Dîmer , gubernia Kiev ( d ) , Imperiul Rus – d. 29 octombrie 1957 , Los Angeles , California , SUA ) a fost un producător de film din „Epoca de Aur” a Hollywood -ului, cunoscut ca fiind directorul și cofondatorul studioului Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
Louis B. Mayer erkrankte schliesslich an Leukemie und verstarb 1957 im Alter von ca. 75 Jahren – sein genaues Geburtsdatum ist bis heute umstritten. Das Time Magazin wählte ihn viele Jahre später zu einem der 100 einflussreichsten Personen des 20.
23. Juni 2008 · Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age.An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where the action and the power were—Hollywood.
