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The 24 pages that link to Louis B. Mayer, each with the reason it gives.

• Academy AwardsRelated: Mayer proposed an organization that could address labor disputes and improve the industry's standing.

• HollywoodRelated: His management helped define the authority of the studio chief in classical Hollywood.

• Studio systemRelated: His management style exemplified executive authority within a major studio.

• Metro-Goldwyn-MayerRelated: He became MGM’s dominant production chief and public face.

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesRelated: Mayer initiated the organization as a way to foster cooperation among industry professionals.

• Judy GarlandRelated: As MGM’s influential head, Mayer oversaw the studio system that controlled Garland’s early career.

• Hollywood star systemRelated: Mayer oversaw MGM’s organization of stars as part of its commercial strategy.

• Greta GarboRelated: Mayer recruited Garbo for MGM, where the studio fashioned her international career.

• Hollywood cinemaRelated: His management helped establish MGM's star-centered production and publicity model.

• Irving ThalbergRelated: As MGM’s chief, Mayer gave Thalberg authority over production while competing with him for control.

• David O. SelznickRelated: Mayer was Selznick’s father-in-law and a powerful studio chief with whom he had a complicated relationship.

• Hollywood's Golden AgeRelated: His management helped make MGM a leading studio during the era.

• Samuel GoldwynRelated: Mayer became Goldwyn’s partner in the studio formed from their earlier company, then their relationship deteriorated.

• Mervyn LeRoyRelated: Mayer brought LeRoy to MGM, where he held both directing and production responsibilities.

• Film starRelated: Studio executives such as Mayer organized publicity and contracts around valuable performers.

• Clarence BrownRelated: Brown spent much of his directing career working within Mayer’s MGM.

• Goldwyn PicturesRelated: His studio joined Goldwyn Pictures in the merger that created MGM.

• 1st Academy AwardsRelated: He proposed an organization that became the Academy.

• Norma ShearerRelated: Mayer’s studio governed the production system in which Shearer became a leading star.

• Hedy LamarrRelated: Mayer brought Lamarr to Hollywood after encountering her in Europe.

• Greer GarsonRelated: Mayer brought Garson to MGM and helped shape her public image as a star.