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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:

Theater, approximately 1923

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 42
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 1923
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

Theater, 1936

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 43
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: 1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Theater

This Day and Age, 1933

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2
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: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files

Tour schedules, awards, and interviews

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 16 Sub-Series 48 Sub-Series 3
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 Ten Commandments / Publicity and screenings--foreign

Tour schedules, speeches, and honors

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 17
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: 1906-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files / Union Pacific

Transcribed interviews, mid-1930's-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 9
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: mid-1930's-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Personal / Autobiography files--research

Typescripts

 Sub-Series — Box 20: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231221778], Folder: 21-22
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8
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 / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Personal / Autobiography files--research

Unconquered, 1944-1947

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
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 / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files

Undated speeches

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series of 15 boxes contains speeches, requests for speeches, and related correspondence. Final drafts and notes on individual speeches are available dating from 1927 to 1958. Some were designated "political" or "non-political" in nature and are filed alphabetically by location or organization where the speech was delivered. Some speeches are chronologically.

Dates: 1927-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Speeches, broadcasts, and narrations

Union Pacific, 1906-1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 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: 1906-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cecil B. DeMille papers / Paramount Pictures / Motion picture production files

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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography 602
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- History 32
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Motion picture plays -- History and criticism 32
Motion picture studios -- United States -- History 32
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Performing Arts 32
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