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- Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American racing driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He is generally regarded as one of the finest racers of his generation. Meyer is perhaps best known as the driver who started the tradition of drinking milk after winning the Indianapolis 500.
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Louis Burt Mayer (/ ˈ m eɪ. ər /; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 [3] – October 29, 1957) was a Jewish Canadian-American [1] film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading ...
Aug 5, 2024 · Louis B. Mayer (born July 12, 1884, Dymer, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)—died October 29, 1957, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Russian-born American businessman who, for nearly 30 years, was the most powerful motion-picture executive in Hollywood.
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May 12, 2023 · Louis Meyer becomes the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1936, unknowingly starts the tradition of winners including milk in their celebrations, and is the first to be...
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Jul 6, 2005 · The movie capital was a dreamland, a construction, and for more than 40 years no one manufactured those dreams better than Louis B. Mayer, the legendary force behind Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Nov 9, 2011 · Louis Burt Mayer (born Eliezer Mayer), studio executive (born 12 July 1884 in Dymer, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]; died 29 October 1957 in Los Angeles, California). Louis B. Mayer was one of the first Hollywood movie moguls, and arguably the most powerful.
Dec 7, 1998 · Mayer went West in 1918, just after the first wave of Hollywood pioneers. He had been on the move since his threadbare family left its Cossack-ridden Ukrainian village in the late 1880s and a few...
May 19, 2011 · The first triple winner of the Indianapolis 500 was Louis Meyer, who won the great race in 1928, ‘33 and ‘36. In fact, he started a dozen 500s between 1928-39. Raised in Los Angeles, Meyer first went to Indianapolis in 1926 as a mechanic for Miller driver Frank Elliott.
