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| name = Louis B. Mayer Pictures<br />
| logo = Louis_B_Mayer_Pictures.png<br />
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| fate = Merged with [[Metro Pictures|Metro Pictures Corporation]] and [[Goldwyn Pictures]] to form [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br />
| successors = Studio:<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br>Library:<br>[[Warner Bros.]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|1918}}<br />
| founder = [[Louis B. Mayer]]<br />
| defunct = {{End date and age|1924|4|17}}<br />
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| parent = [[Metro Pictures|Metro Pictures Corporation]]<br />
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'''Louis B. Mayer Pictures''' (or '''Louis B. Mayer Productions''') was an American [[film production]] company of the [[silent era]] which operated from 1918 until 1924. <br />
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==History==<br />
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Founded by the [[New England]]-based theater owner [[Louis B. Mayer]], it functioned as a high-class producer of films for the first-run market. One of the leading Mayer stars was [[Anita Stewart]] who was recruited from [[Vitagraph Studios]].<ref>Eyman p.50</ref> The company had a long-running [[film distribution|distribution]] arrangement with [[First National Pictures]]. Mayer appointed [[Irving Thalberg]] as head of production following his stint at [[Universal Pictures]].<br />
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In 1924, the company was part of a series of mergers by [[Marcus Loew]] that brought together [[Metro Pictures]] and [[Goldwyn Pictures]] into a single outfit [[MGM]], which was a central [[major studio]] of the [[Classical Hollywood cinema|classical era]]. Although the new company was initially known as Metro-Goldwyn, within a year the name Mayer had been added to the title in acknowledgement of his key role in the studio.<br />
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== Films ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* Eyman, Scott. ''Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer''. Simon and Schuster, 2008.<br />
* Schatz, Thomas. ''The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era''. Henry Holt and Company, 2015.<br />
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[[Category:American film studios]]<br />
[[Category:Film production companies of the United States]]<br />
[[Category:1918 establishments in the United States]]<br />
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[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1918]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 1924]]<br />
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