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Born Eliezer Meir in Minsk, Russia, (now Belarus), his family immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada when he was still very young and Mayer attended school there.

On November 28, 1907 in Haverhill, MassachusettsHaverhill is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,969. History Haverhill was first settled in 1640 and was officially incorporated in 1641. Geography Haverhill is located at 42°46'41", Mayer, then a scrap-metal dealer, opened his first movie theaterA movie theater or cinema is a location, usually a building, for viewing movies. Other colloquial names include the silver screen and the big screen (contrasted with the "small screen" of television). Generally, theaters are not owned by individuals, but. Within a few years he had the largest theater chain in New EnglandThis article is about the region in the United States of America. For other uses, see New England (disambiguation . The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. Boston is its business and cultural cente, and in 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti- he founded his own production company, Louis B. Mayer Pictures , which eventually became part of Metro-Goldwyn-MayerFor alternate meanings of "MGM", see MGM (disambiguation . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM for short, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. Its principal subsidiaries are MGM (Metro-G.

As head of production for the new MGM, Louis B. Mayer made it the most successful motion picture studio in the world, and was the only one to pay dividends throughout the Great DepressionThe Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in the United States following Black Thursday, the Wall Street panic of October 1929. On October 24, 1929, share prices on Wall Street collapsed catastrophically, setting off a chain of bankruptc of the 1930s. Under Mayer, MGM produced a litany of successful films and the greatest stars, including Clark GableWilliam Clark Gable ( February 1, 1901 November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio. When he was seven months old, his mother died. At the age of 16 he left high sch, Spencer TracySpencer Bonaventure Tracy ( April 5, 1900 June 10, 1967) was an American film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of a truck salesman. At the beginning of World War I he left scho, Katharine Hepburn, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland and many others.

Mayer's daughter, Irene Gladys Mayer , married film director David O. Selznick.

Active in Republican Party politics, Mayer served as the vice-chair of the California Republican Party from 1931 to 1932 and its state chair between 1932 and 1933.

Louis B. Mayer died on October 29, 1957 and was interred in the Home of Peace Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood