Louis B. Mayer

Studio moguls — men such as Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, Jack Warner, Darryl Zanuck, Sam Goldwyn et al. — understood this contradiction and faced up to it daily.

'The Star Machine' 2007

DeMille, Sam Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zucker and the rest of these movie pioneers would say if they could have been among the millions of moviegoers who marvel at the experience of seeing Avatar in a 3D theater.

Ellen Sterling: Going to the Movies: The Times They Are A-Changin'. Rapidly. Ellen Sterling 2011

In London, the actress met the MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, who signed her to a contract and insisted on a new screen name.

An Inventive Hollywood Star Henry Petroski 2011

Eventually she was signed to MGM, when Louis B. Mayer envisioned her as "a Spanish Elizabeth Taylor."

Erika Milvy: Rita Moreno Stars in a World Premiere of Her Own Life Story Erika Milvy 2011

Of all the incredible stars of the MGM stock company of the 1940s and 50s and, as Louis B. Mayer liked to say, "MGM had more stars than there are in the heavens", Betty Garrett was my all-time favorite.

Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011

DeMille, Sam Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zucker and the rest of these movie pioneers would say if they could have been among the millions of moviegoers who marvel at the experience of seeing Avatar in a 3D theater.

Ellen Sterling: Going to the Movies: The Times They Are A-Changin'. Rapidly. Ellen Sterling 2011

De Mille and MGM head Louis B. Mayer, whose basic idea it was.

It's Their Party Scott Eyman 2011

Though studio head Louis B. Mayer asserted that "the girl in this picture could be anybody - anyone at all - except our Lucille," Spoto also notes that the blackmailer's "house mysteriously burned to the ground the following month."

Saving Crawford from 'Mommie Dearest,' and herself Charles Matthews 2011

To take one early example: In the first year of the Academy Awards, Louis B. Mayer lobbied hard to deny an award for "Artistic Quality of Production" a now defunct category to King Vidor's "The Crowd," a great film that was made by MGM — Mayer's own studio.

It's Their Party Scott Eyman 2011

Of all the incredible stars of the MGM stock company of the 1940s and 50s and, as Louis B. Mayer liked to say, "MGM had more stars than there are in the heavens", Betty Garrett was my all-time favorite.

Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011