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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 602 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 12 Sub-Series 44
Scope and Contents From the Series: Found in ths series of 261 boxes are files relating to the activities of DeMille Productions, beginning in 1916. They include financial records and ledgers from 1916 to 1952. The extensive correspondence fields (1922-1959) are arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year. The original order maintained in these files often includes years other than those indicated by the file heading. Files from preceding years were occasionally brought froward for reference or for...
Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Cecil B. DeMille Productions

Correspondence, 1928

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 8 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: In late 1924, DeMille purchased the Thomas Ince Studio in Culver City and renamed the facility DeMille Studio. This series of 35 boxes documents the nearly four-year lifespan of the organization and contains two main parts: the first deals with general financial and business correspondence and story properties from 1925 to 1928, and is arranged alphabetically ; the second part is comprised of film production files from the same period including 13 boxes of material on The Road to Yesterday,...
Dates: 1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / DeMille Studio / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 8
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: 1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 18
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: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 19
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: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1952

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 21
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: 1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1953

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 22
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: 1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 23
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: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 24
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: 1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 26
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: 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1400, Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Correspondence

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