At its peak in the 1930s and '40s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer could boast of having "more stars than the heavens", including Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Elizabeth Taylor, all of whom owed their careers to Louis B. Mayer. Now a bestselling biographer fully reveals this complex merchant of dreams. Photos.
At its peak in the 1930s and '40s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer could boast of having "more stars than the heavens", including Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Elizabeth Taylor, all of whom owed their careers to Louis B. Mayer. Now a bestselling biographer fully reveals this complex merchant of dreams. Photos.