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| May 3, 2005 |
Movie mogul madness
 Just in time for the summer movie season comes a new book, released this week, which shreds years of stereotypes against one of Hollywood's legendary studio chiefs: Louis B. Mayer. The father of MGM, Mayer has, until now, mostly been remembered as an "immoral, insensitive ogre who ran MGM with an iron hand and a considerable lack of conscience."
But a new biography of the Jewish immigrant weaves a much different yarn. In The Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer (Simon & Schuster) by Scott Eyman, Mayer is revealed to be a complex man -- fiercely devoted to the bottom line, but also a man with a soft touch. This is a must read for any film buff.
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