Exposing Liberal Lies (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... and prostitution, American success stories like those of Alexander Hamilton, John Jacob Astor, and Louis B. Mayer—to name but a few—are excluded. Valley Forge rates a single fleeting reference, while D-Day’s Normandy invasion, Gettysburg, and other important military battles are left out. In their place, we get several pages on the My Lai massacre and colorful descriptions...
Popvine (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Hollywood has a new kingpin, and its not Comcast’s Brian Roberts. Cynthia Stafford, a Hawthorne homemaker, has decided to cash in her $30 million dollar lottery prize on the dream of becoming the next Louis B. Mayer. Since show biz immemorial that dream has seduced deep-pocketed gazillionaires from Joseph Kennedy to Stephen Bing. But while one [...]
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
What can I say? I just love redheads - especially redheads who played tough women in WWll. Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) : Greer Garson was born in Manor Park, Essex (now Greater London), England. Her father was Scottish and her mother was Irish. ... Louis B. Mayer discovered Garson while he was in London looking for new talent. Garson was signed...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
As preparations continue for the impending sale of MGM, it’s an ironic state of affairs that what actually interests purchasers are not films from Louis B. Mayer’s iconic studio, the best known of which have all been sold off, but from the company’s later purchase of United Artists. Even more ironically, that was a studio [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... a screen success, perhaps best known for playing Mickey Rooney's girlfriend in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's hugely successful Andy Hardy series.
"I got a call to go up and see (MGM studio boss Louis B. Mayer)," recalled Rutherford. "He said, 'My son-in-law has been trying to borrow you.' And I said, 'Borrow me for what?' He said, 'Well, he has a new property.'"
The son-in-law...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... a screen success, perhaps best known for playing Mickey Rooney's girlfriend in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's hugely successful Andy Hardy series."I got a call to go up and see (MGM studio boss Louis B. Mayer)," recalled Rutherford. "He said, 'My son-in-law has been trying to borrow you.' And I said, 'Borrow me for what?' He said, 'Well, he has a new property.'"The son-in-law was producer...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... a screen success, perhaps best known for playing Mickey Rooney's girlfriend in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's hugely successful Andy Hardy series."I got a call to go up and see (MGM studio boss Louis B. Mayer)," recalled Rutherford. "He said, 'My son-in-law has been trying to borrow you.' And I said, 'Borrow me for what?' He said, 'Well, he has a new property.'"The son-in-law was producer...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
“..Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, once the most powerful and prestigious film studio in all Hollywood, is looking for a buyer to bail it out of nearly $4bn (£2.4bn) of debt. The company that gave the world Tom and Jerry cartoons, The Wizard of Oz, and a host of other classic musicals has said it has begun to explore [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, once the most powerful and prestigious film studio in all Hollywood, is looking for a buyer to bail it out of nearly $4bn (£2.4bn) of debt. The company that gave the world Tom and Jerry cartoons, The Wizard of Oz, and a host of other classic musicals has said it has begun to explore a "potential sale".
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... contribution to the DGA or to the profession of directing." Past industry recipients have included Louis B. Mayer (1952); Walt Disney (1955); Jack L. Warner (1965); Darryl F. Zanuck (1968); Lew Wasserman (1975); Barry Diller (1990); and Jack Valenti (2001). Roger Ebert received the most recent award earlier this year.DGA prexy Taylor Hackford said, "As the entertainment community...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Like a replay of Alice in Wonderland in which the Queen orders, "Off with their heads!" top executives of the Walt Disney Company continue to fall. Mark Zoradi, head of Disney's motion pictures group, is the latest to be forced out, following the ouster of longtime Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook in September and Miramax chief Daniel Battsek in October. Only last weekend Zoradi was awarded the Louis...
DIS News - wdwinfo.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... from worldwide marketing to home entertainment. Just last weekend Zoradi was honored with the Louis B. Mayer Motion Picture Business Leader of the Year Award from his alama mater, UCLA.
The Best American Poetry (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... quickly became one of MGM's most popular stars, both with audiences and her fellow performers. Louis B. Mayer referred to her as "the most adored person ever to set foot in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio." In fact, she was Hollywood's number-one box office draw.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... of Disney Channels Worldwide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Ironically, Zoradi claimed the Louis B. Mayer motion picture business leader of the year award from the UCLA Anderson School of Management at the weekend (07Nov09).
Company Town (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... Studios, Pixar Animation Studios and Disneynature banners. This weekend, Zoradi received the Louis B. Mayer motion picture business leader of the year award from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. -- Claudia Eller and Dawn C. Chmielewski Photo: Mark Zoradi. Credit: National Assn. of Broadcasters
