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Overview
Date of Birth:
12 July
1884
,
Minsk, Belarus
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Date of Death:
29 October
1957
, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Mayer was born Lazar Mayer in the Ukraine and grew up in Saint John, New...
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Trivia:
Uncle of producer
Jack Cummings
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Awards:
3 wins
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Interview: Debbie Reynolds Dishes on Her Lucky Star Career
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. 23 November 2009, 9:04 AM, PST)
Heads Continue To Fall At Disney
(From
Studio Briefing - Film News
. 10 November 2009, 1:31 PM, PST)
Filmography
Jump to filmography as:
Miscellaneous Crew
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Producer
,
Production Manager
,
Self
,
Archive Footage
Miscellaneous Crew:
1920s
1910s
West of Zanzibar
(1928) (presenter)
Memory Lane
(1926) (presenter)
Mike
(1926) (presenter)
The Unholy Three
(1925) (presenter)
Fine Clothes
(1925) (presenter)
The White Desert
(1925) (presenter)
Proud Flesh
(1925) (presenter)
The Sporting Venus
(1925) (presenter)
Man and Maid
(1925) (presenter)
Confessions of a Queen
(1925) (presenter)
The Denial
(1925) (presenter)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
(1925) (presenter)
Lady of the Night
(1925) (presenter)
The Great Divide
(1925) (presenter)
Excuse Me
(1925) (presenter)
The Dixie Handicap
(1924) (presenter)
Greed
(1924) (presenter)
The Wife of the Centaur
(1924) (presenter)
So This Is Marriage?
(1924) (presenter)
The Silent Accuser
(1924) (presenter)
The Snob
(1924) (presenter)
Married Flirts
(1924) (presenter)
His Hour
(1924) (presenter)
The Red Lily
(1924) (presenter)
Sinners in Silk
(1924) (presenter)
Wine of Youth
(1924) (presenter)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(1924) (presenter)
Bread
(1924) (presenter)
Why Men Leave Home
(1924) (presenter)
Women Who Give
(1924) (presenter)
The Eternal Struggle
(1923) (presenter)
... aka Masters of Women (USA: alternative title)
Strangers of the Night
(1923) (presenter)
... aka Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure (UK)
The Famous Mrs. Fair
(1923) (presenter)
Hearts Aflame
(1923) (presenter)
Rose o' the Sea
(1922) (presenter)
One Clear Call
(1922) (presenter)
The Woman He Married
(1922) (presenter)
A Question of Honor
(1922) (presenter)
The Song of Life
(1922) (presenter)
Her Mad Bargain
(1921) (presenter)
The Invisible Fear
(1921) (presenter)
The Child Thou Gavest Me
(1921) (presenter)
Sowing the Wind
(1921) (presenter)
Habit
(1921) (presenter)
Harriet and the Piper
(1920) (presenter)
... aka Paying the Piper (UK)
The Woman in His House
(1920) (presenter)
The Fighting Shepherdess
(1920) (presenter)
... aka Vindication
Old Dad
(1920) (presenter)
The Bishop's Emeralds
(1919) (presenter)
A Midnight Romance
(1919) (presenter)
Producer:
1940s
1920s
1910s
I Take This Woman
(1940) (producer) (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
Greed
(1924) (executive producer) (uncredited)
He Who Gets Slapped
(1924) (presents)
Wine of Youth
(1924) (producer) (uncredited)
Why Men Leave Home
(1924) (producer)
Thy Name Is Woman
(1924) (executive producer)
The Wanters
(1923) (producer)
Strangers of the Night
(1923) (producer)
... aka Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure (UK)
Rose o' the Sea
(1922) (producer)
The Woman He Married
(1922) (producer)
A Question of Honor
(1922) (producer)
Her Mad Bargain
(1921) (producer)
The Invisible Fear
(1921) (producer)
Playthings of Destiny
(1921) (producer)
Sowing the Wind
(1921) (producer)
Habit
(1921) (producer)
Harriet and the Piper
(1920) (producer)
... aka Paying the Piper (UK)
The Woman in His House
(1920) (producer)
The Yellow Typhoon
(1920) (producer)
... aka The Yellow Taifun
Polly of the Storm Country
(1920) (producer)
The Inferior Sex
(1920) (producer)
The Fighting Shepherdess
(1920) (producer)
... aka Vindication
In Old Kentucky
(1919) (producer)
Human Desire
(1919) (producer)
Her Kingdom of Dreams
(1919) (producer)
Mary Regan
(1919) (producer)
A Midnight Romance
(1919) (producer)
Virtuous Wives
(1918) (producer)
Somewhere in America
(1917) (producer)
The Great Secret
(1917) (producer)
Lovely Mary
(1916) (producer)
Dimples
(1916) (producer)
Barbara Frietchie
(1915) (producer)
Always in the Way
(1915) (producer)
Production Manager:
The Wizard of Oz
(1939) (executive in charge of production) (uncredited)
Self:
1930s
1920s
Hollywood Goes to Town
(1938) .... Himself
Another Romance of Celluloid
(1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8
(1937) .... Himself
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
(1937) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6
(1931) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18
(1930) .... Himself
1925 Studio Tour
(1925) .... Himself - MGM Vice President
Archive Footage:
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(2009) (TV) .... Himself
Gable and Crawford
(2008) (V) .... Himself
The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest
(2007) (V) .... Himself
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
(2007) (V) .... Himself
Girl 27
(2007) .... Himself
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
(2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Garbo
(2005) .... Himself
Facing the Past
(2005) (V) .... Himself
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
(2005) (TV) .... Himself
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
(2004) (TV) .... Himself
On Your Marx, Get Set, Go!
(2004) (V) .... Himself (photo)
Love Find Andy Hardy Intro
(2004) (V) .... Himself
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
(2004) (TV) .... Himself
"American Masters"
-
Judy Garland: By Myself
(2004)
TV episode
.... Himself
-
None Without Sin
(2003)
TV episode
.... Himself
Begin the Beguine
(2003) (V) .... Himself
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
(2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
"The Rat Pack"
(1999) .... Himself
Junket Whore
(1998) .... Himself
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
(1998) (TV) .... Himself
Judy Garland's Hollywood
(1997) (V)
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
(1997) (TV) .... Himself
"Biography"
-
Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow
(1997)
TV episode
.... Himself
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(1995) (TV) .... Himself
The Casting Couch
(1995) (V)
"MGM: When the Lion Roars"
(1992) .... Himself
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(1988) (TV) .... Himself - Head of MGM
"Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story"
-
Dark Victory
(1987)
TV episode
.... Himself
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
(1986) (TV) .... Himself
Hollywood on Trial
(1976) .... Himself
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972) (TV) .... Himself - film clips
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(1969) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Actor's and Sin
(1952) .... Himself (Woman of Sin sequence)
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Genres:
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