ABOUT LOUIS B. MAYER
Producer and owner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which made stars out of Clark Gable and Fred Astaire .
He renovated a theater called The Orpheum in 1907.
He was portrayed by Howard De Silva in Mommie Dearest, the 1981 biopic about actress Joan Crawford .
He had two children and was married several times. His last marriage was to Lorena Layson in 1948.
He elicited different opinions from stars: some, like Katharine Hepburn, liked him, while others, like Elizabeth Taylor , thought he was a monster.
