This film received lots of Oscar love, but also one glaring snub…

1907 – Scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer, who would go on to become one of the most important figures in Hollywood’s golden era, got his start in the movie business when he opened his first movie theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts on this day.  Mayer soon parlayed one theater into many, then into distribution, then into production, which eventually led to him becoming head of MGM through its reign as America's greatest studio,

1907 – Scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer, who would go on to become one of the most important figures in Hollywood’s golden era, got his start in the movie business when he opened his first movie theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts on this day.  Mayer soon parlayed one theater into many, then into distribution, then into production, which eventually led to him becoming head of MGM through its reign as America's greatest studio,