| LC control no. | n 80015727 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Variant(s) | Loew's Incorporated. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer M-G-M Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: Loew's Incorporated Mergee: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Mergee: Louis B. Mayer Pictures Mergee: Metro Pictures Corporation Product of a split: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. |
| Biography/History note | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a motion picture, television, home video, and theatrical production and distribution company. Established in 1924, the company was split in 1980 to form the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Company and MGM Grand Hotels, Inc. |
| Beginning date | 1924 |
| Ending date | 1980 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Address | 10250 Constellation Boulevard Los Angeles Calif. 90067 |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion pictures--Distribution |
| Found in | Its Annual statement, 1931- Hallelujah [MP] 1929: credits (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents; copyrighted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Copyright cat. mot. pic. 1912-1939, 1951 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation; MGM; All of the listed organizational names were interchangeably used as variant forms from 1924-1960 to identify production and/or distribution functions of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer organization, a subsidiary of Loew's Incorporated which existed from 1919-1960) Int. mot. pic. alm., 1982 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. changed its name to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Company, January 31, 1980) Slide, A. The American film industry, 1986 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; in 1924, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Metro Pictures Corporation and independent producer Louis B. Mayer joined to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Katz, E. The film encyc., 1979 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); est. 1924 as an amalgamation of Metro Pictures Corporation (formed 1915), Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (formed 1917), and Louis B. Mayer Pictures (formed 1918) under the corporate control of Loew's, Inc.) Fade out, 1990: p. 175 (MGM Film Corporation; est. in split of MGM, hotel holdings formed MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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