Louis B. Mayer

For the North Carolina jurist, see Louis B. Meyer. Louis Burt Mayer (born Eliezer Meir 1882 –  October 29, 1957) was an early film producer, most famous for his stewardship and co-founding of the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. Known always as Louis B. Mayer (pronounced Louie) and often simply as "L.B.", he believed in "wholesome entertainment" and went to great lengths to collect "more stars than in the heavens"..
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Noun
1. United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
(synonym) Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer
(hypernym) film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker

n. Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957), co-founder of "Metro Goldwyn Mayer", American film producer and pioneer of the motion picture industry Louis B. Mayer