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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:

The Ten Commandments, 1952-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 16
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: 1952-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files

The Wizard of Oz recordings and recording logs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233636445]
Identifier: MSS 7516
Scope and Contents

Collection contains fifteen CDs of studio recording music tracks, as well as a CD of recording documentation for the motion picture "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).

Dates: 1938-01-01 - 1939-01-01
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Theater, 1868-1936

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6
Scope and Contents

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1868-1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers

Theater, approximately 1868

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: approximately 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, approximately 1882

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: approximately 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1882

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1883

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1886

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1887

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1888

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 601
Collection 4
 
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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