LOUIS B. MAYER

The political innovation that produced the strongest impact was the manipulation of moving pictures. Alarmed by the Sinclair threat, MGM's Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg produced fake newsreels, using Hollywood actors. W.R. Hearst helped distribute them. For the first time, the screen was used to demolish a candidate, a precursor of political attack ads on television.

Nothing matters. Nothing matters.

You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

Well, do anything, if you do something right, we'll use it, and if you do something wrong, we'll fix it, but do something and do it now.

The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built up from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows' ears every day of the week.

America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.

Be smart, but never show it.

I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.

You’re Andy Hardy. You’re the United States. You’re a symbol. Behave yourself!

What does Sinclair know about anything? He's just a writer.

The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible.

You’re Andy Hardy. You’re the United States. You’re a symbol. Behave yourself!

What does Sinclair know about anything? He's just a writer.

America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.

You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible.

Well, do anything, if you do something right, we'll use it, and if you do something wrong, we'll fix it, but do something and do it now.

Be smart, but never show it.

Nothing matters. Nothing matters.

I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.

The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built up from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows' ears every day of the week.