STARS OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER

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STARS OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
LOUIS B. MAYER
A 1949 photograph celebrating M.G.M's Silver Jubilee; with Lassie front and center, fifty-eight celebrities are pictued from the studio that boasted "more stars than there are in heaven." Signed in black ink on the top and bottom of the photograph, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Fred Astaire and Mary Astor. Together with a photograph of the studio chief at the races, pictured with Frank Knox, 1936 Vice Presidential candidate, and actor Edward Arnold, inscribed and signed To my good friend Edward Arnold with all good wishes Louis B. Mayer--11 x 14 in. and smaller.

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Lot Essay

"Through Louis B. Mayer's leadership in the 1930s, M.G.M. became a Hollywood powerhouse, with Mayer the most powerful magnate. In the 1930s and 1940s he was considered the highest paid person in the United States, and indulged his two passions: association with political figures and horse racing."--W.M.