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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

 Organization

Administrative History

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1924-) is a motion picture, television, home video, and theatrical production and distribution company.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) was established in 1924 as a merger between Metro Pictures Corp., Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions. MGM experienced a "golden three decades" between 1924 and 1954, in which it produced a Best Picture nominee every year for 20 years straight. In 1939, both Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were nominated for Best Picture. Gone With the Wind won, along with eight other Oscars, and The Wizard of Oz won two Oscars. MGM has over 175 Oscars across its library.

Citation:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, via WWW, October 4, 2017 (all above)

Found in 605 Collections and/or Records:

United States

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13 Sub-Series 18 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1944-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files / Unconquered / Publicity--tour schedules, speeches, and honors

Unproduced, 1916-1961

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 13
Scope and Contents This series of 38 boxes contains material on a variety of projects begun but not completed by DeMille from 1916 to 1960. Some files contain only a story or synopsis. Other files indicate that considerable time and expense went into certain projects before they were suddenly cancelled. Subjects include the apocalyptic saga entitled End of the World; a controversial story about Mary, the mother of Christ, which had a working title of Queen of Queens; Rurales, a massively researched project...
Dates: 1916-1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers

Videotapes, 1914-1963

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 19
Scope and Contents The videotapes in this series are from 16 mm Prints of the 35 mm nitrate prints preserved at the George Eastman House of Photograph, Rochester, New York. They were recorded on half-inch VHS videotape (NTSC standard) and consist of 34 feature films produced during the silent film years. Each 16 mm component reel is recorded on its own videocassette, which accounts for more ant one videocassette listed for certain features. There are two tapes of location scouting footage fro the unproduced...
Dates: 1914-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers

Views on various subjects

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates: 1913-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Personal / Autobiography files--research

William Churchill deMille, 1895-1896

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains genealogical charts, correspondence, and research relating to DeMille's ancestry as compiled by Louis DeBoer, a genealogist retained by DeMille for many years. Also included in this series is correspondence relating specifically to Frederic A. Adams (father-in-law), Constance Adams DeMille (wife), Henry C. DeMille (father), Beatrice Samuel DeMille (mother), William C. deMille (brother), and Cecilia deMille Harper (daughter).

Dates: 1895-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Family

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Archival Object 601
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Subject
Letters 603
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography 602
Scrapbooks 572
Drawings 571
Feature films 571
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Paintings 571
Photographic prints 571
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 571
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 571
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 33
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- History 32
Motion picture industry -- United States -- History 32
Motion picture plays -- History and criticism 32
Motion picture studios -- United States -- History 32
Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery -- United States -- History 32
Motion pictures -- United States -- History 32
Performing Arts 32
Motion pictures -- Production and direction 2
Account books 1
Compact discs 1
Contracts 1
Correspondence 1
Culver City (Calif.) 1
Material Types 1
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) 1
Motion picture plays 1
Motion pictures 1
Performing arts 1
Photographs 1
Tax returns 1
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) 1
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