Hollywood 1928. John Gilbert, nicknamed The Great Lover, has had a meteoric rise to fame. But three years later, the best paid actor in Hollywood is forgotten by all. His career is brief, furious, and passionate, bruised by a system and by his conflict with MGM's president, Louis B. Mayer.
John Gilbert the Great Lover
The tumultuous 1920s saw a dramatic relationship between powerful producer Louis B. Mayer and charismatic movie star John Gilbert, set against the backdrop of the film industry's transformation to sound.
