Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Louis B. Mayer across 3 places, from 1888 to 1912.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Louis B. Mayer was documented, and when
April 1888month
Long Islandattested“Mayer first moved with his family to Long Island, where they lived from 1887 to 1892 and where his two brothers were born—Rubin, in April 1888 and Jeremiah, in April 1891.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1912year
Dymer, Kyiv Oblastattested“Charles Higham and Scott Eyman state that Mayer was born in Dymer near Kiev; this accords with what Mayer himself stated in his naturalization filing in 1912, where he gave his birthplace as Dumier, Russia.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1912year
Kyivattested“Charles Higham and Scott Eyman state that Mayer was born in Dymer near Kiev; this accords with what Mayer himself stated in his naturalization filing in 1912, where he gave his birthplace as Dumier, Russia.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
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28 November 1907exact date
Haverhill, Massachusettsmentioned“Mayer renovated the Gem Theater, a rundown, 600 seat burlesque house in Haverhill, Massachusetts, which he reopened on November 28, 1907, as the Orpheum, his first movie theater.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1914year
Bostonmentioned“In 1914, the partners organized their own film distribution agency in Boston.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1915year
New Englandmentioned“Griffith $25,000 for the exclusive rights to show The Birth of a Nation (1915) in New England.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1916year
New York Citymentioned“Rowland in 1916 to create Metro Pictures Corporation, a talent booking agency, in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1916year
New Yorkmentioned“Rowland in 1916 to create Metro Pictures Corporation, a talent booking agency, in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1928year
Kansas Citymentioned“As a delegate to the 1928 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Mayer supported Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
August 1932month
New Yorkmentioned“In August 1932, after an "exclusive" interview with Mayer in New York, The Film Daily reported the movie mogul's assertions that such potential developments would never impact motion pictures in substantial, meaningful ways: With many of…”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
1937year
United Statesmentioned“For nine years from 1937, when he earned $1,300,000 (equivalent to $ today) Mayer was the highest-paid man in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
September 1939month
Canadamentioned“While Mayer seldom discussed his early life, his partiality towards Canada would sometimes be revealed, especially after Canada entered World War II in September 1939 and the United States followed more than two years later in December 1…”source: Wikipedia: Louis B. Mayer
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