1899-1936. US film production executive. At
the age of 20 he was head of production at
Universal Pictures, and in 1924 he became
production supervisor of the newly formed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). He was responsible
for such prestige films as Ben-Hur 1926 and
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935. With Louis B Mayer
he built up MGM into one of the biggest
Hollywood studios of the 1930s.