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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
29 October 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Born Lazar Mayer sometime between 1880-1886 (his actual birth date is unknown)... more
Trivia:
One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... more
Awards:
3 wins more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Heads Continue To Fall At Disney
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 November 2009, 1:31 PM, PST)
Disney Boss Resigns
(From WENN. 9 November 2009, 5:36 PM, PST)
Filmography
Miscellaneous Crew:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
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"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
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"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
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"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)
Additional Details
Publicity Listings:
14 Portrayals | 7 Print Biographies | 1 Article more
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