MGM

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American company entertainment company film studio

MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a historic American film studio renowned for its iconic roaring lion logo and for producing many of the most famous movies of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Aliases (7)

MGM Studios ×9
MGM lion logo ×2
MGM Studios, Culver City ×1
MGM Studios, Culver City, California ×1
MGM Television ×1
MGM studio contract players ×1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roaring lion logo ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company → entertainment company → film studio →
acquiredBy	Amazon →
acquisitionAnnounced	2021-05-26 →
acquisitionCompleted	2022-03-17 →
country	United States →
era	Hollywood Golden Age →
foundedBy	Goldwyn Pictures → Louis B. Mayer → Louis B. Mayer Pictures → Marcus Loew → Metro Pictures → Samuel Goldwyn →
foundedDate	1924-04-17 →
fullName	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
hasDivision	MGM Animation/Visual Arts → MGM Distribution Co. → Orion Pictures (later under MGM control) →
headquartersLocation	Beverly Hills, California →
historicBacklotLocation	Culver City, California →
industry	film → television →
knownFor	classic Hollywood films → musicals → star system →
logoCharacter	Leo the Lion →
mediaType	motion pictures → television programs →
motto	Ars Gratia Artis →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoMeaning	Art for Art's Sake →
notableBrand	MGM Grand (licensing of brand to casinos and hotels) →
notableExecutive	David O. Selznick → Irving Thalberg → Louis B. Mayer →
notableLogo	roaring lion logo →
ownedAsset	MGM Home Entertainment → MGM Television → United Artists →
producedFilm	Ben-Hur → Doctor Zhivago → Gone with the Wind → Singin' in the Rain → The Wizard of Oz →
producedFilmSeries	James Bond (co-producer on many films) → Rocky →
successor	Amazon MGM Studios →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mad Love (1935 film) ("MGM Studios, Culver City") → Strike Up the Band ("MGM Studios") → The Tender Trap ("MGM Studios") → Three Little Words ("MGM Studios") → Woman of the Year ("MGM Studios") → Ziegfeld Girl ("MGM Studios") →	filmingStudio
Bulletproof Monk → Fighting with My Family → Wrath of Man →	distributor
Arthur Freed → Harold Rosson → Helen Rose →	employer
Leo the Lion ("MGM Studios") → Loew's Inc. →	associatedWith
Billie Burke → Spencer Tracy →	workedWith
MGM Grand (licensing of brand to casinos and hotels) ("MGM lion logo") →	brandElement
George Cukor →	collaboratedWith
Royal Wedding ("MGM Studios, Culver City, California") →	filmingLocation
Andy Hardy film series →	filmStudio
Red Dust ("MGM Studios") →	filmStudioLot
MGM Animation/Visual Arts ("MGM Studios") →	hasParentCompany
MGM Home Entertainment ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roaring lion logo") →	logoFeatures
Hollywood Golden Age →	majorStudio
Judy Garland ("MGM studio contract players") →	memberOf
Ars Gratia Artis ("MGM lion logo") →	mottoOf
MGM ("MGM Television") →	ownedAsset
Respect (2021 film) →	productionCompany
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown →	productionCompanyOfWork
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →	shortName
Ars Gratia Artis →	usedBy
CinemaScope →	usedByStudio
Amazon MGM Studios →	usesBrand
Charles Walters ("MGM Studios") →	workedAt