Brother Louis  Mayer

July 12th 1884 – October 29th 1957

Member of:

St. Cecile Lodge #568, New York City, New York.

American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Mayer was skilled at developing star actors, including child actors, then placing them in consistently slick productions, such as musicals or comedies, for which MGM became famous. Under Mayer’s management, MGM became the most prestigious film studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood.