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.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, via WWW, October 4, 2017 (all above)Found in 605 Collections and/or Records:
1948, 1947-1948
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 17
Scope and Contents
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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:
1947-1948
1951, 1941-1951
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 20
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:
1941-1951
1952, 1943-1953
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 31
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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:
1943-1953
1953, 1953-1980
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 32
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:
1953-1980
1955-1959, 1954-1977
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 34
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:
1954-1977
1956, 1946-1956
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 25
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:
1946-1956
Actors and actresses
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3
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
Ann del Valle Files, 1955-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 12 Sub-Series 48
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:
1955-1958
Anne Bauchens, 1947-1968
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
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This series of 6 boxes contains correspondence, notes and desk calendars (1933-1965), and appointment books of key DeMille employees: Florence Cole (secretary), Gladys Rosson (secretary), Joseph W. Harper (businessman and son-in-law), Henry Wilcoxon (associate producer), Russell A. Treacy (business manager), and Stella Stray (DeMille's first employee, a secretary, hired in 1913).
Dates:
1947-1968
Applications
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 16 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:
1952-1959
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- Archival Object 601
- Collection 4
- Subject
- Letters 603
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography 602
- Scrapbooks 572
- Drawings 571
- Feature films 571
- 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 + ∧ less
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