Flashback: The End of Louis B. Mayer

This episode was originally released on December 22, 2015. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive. In the 1940s, Louis B. Mayer was the highest paid man in America, one of the first celebrity CEOs and the figurehead of what for most Americans was the most glamorous industry on Earth. In 1951, Mayer was fired from the studio that bore his name. What happened -- to Mayer, and to movies on the whole -- to hasten the end of the golden era of Hollywood? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Flashback: The End of Louis B. Mayer is an episode from You Must Remember This by Karina Longworth.

This episode is 55:08 long.

This episode was published on Apr 4, 2025.

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