Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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American company entertainment company film studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a historic American film studio renowned for its classic Hollywood productions and iconic roaring lion logo.

Aliases (8)

MGM ×5
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios ×2
MGM film studio system ×1
MGM studios ×1
Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation ×1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films ×1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer opening logo ×1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company → entertainment company → film studio →
acquiredBy	Amazon.com, Inc. →
acquisitionAnnounced	2021 →
acquisitionCompleted	2022 →
country	United States →
famousFor	classic Hollywood musicals → iconic studio system era output → star-driven productions →
formedByMergerOf	Goldwyn Pictures → Louis B. Mayer Pictures → Metro Pictures →
founded	1924 →
foundedBy	Charles Metro Goldwyn Pictures Corporation predecessors → Louis B. Mayer → Louis J. Gasnier → Marcus Loew → Richard A. Rowland → Samuel Goldwyn →
goldenAge	1930s → 1940s → 1950s →
hasFilmLibrarySize	thousands of film titles →
hasSubsidiary	Orion Pictures (various periods) → United Artists (various periods) →
hasTelevisionLibrarySize	thousands of television episodes →
headquartersLocation	Beverly Hills, California →
industry	film industry → television industry →
logo	roaring lion logo →
logoCharacter	Leo the Lion →
motto	Ars Gratia Artis →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoMeaning	Art for Art's Sake →
notableFilm	Ben-Hur (1959) → Gone with the Wind → The Wizard of Oz →
notableFilmFranchise	James Bond (co-producer and distributor on many entries) → Rocky → The Pink Panther →
owns	MGM Television → MGM+ (formerly Epix) brand → United Artists Releasing (historical stake) →
parentCompany	Amazon.com, Inc. →
previousHeadquartersLocation	Culver City, California →
shortName	MGM →
specializesIn	film distribution → motion picture production → television programming →
type	privately held company →

Referenced by (277)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Guy Named Joe → A Star Is Born (2018 film) → A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) → Andy Hardy film series → Babes in Arms → Babes on Broadway → Ben-Hur → Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → Boom Town → Boys Town → Broadway Melody of 1940 → Captains Courageous (1937 film) → Creed (film) → Creed II → Doctor Zhivago → Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) → Easter Parade → For Me and My Gal → Gaslight (1944 film) → Girl Crazy (1943 film) → High Society → How the West Was Won (film score) → Mad Love (1935 film) → Manhattan Melodrama → Meet Me in St. Louis → Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries) → Moonstruck → Mrs. Soffel → Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) → National Velvet → No Time to Die → North by Northwest → Operation Crossbow → Poltergeist → Queen Christina (1933 film) → Red Dust → Rocky Balboa (2006 film) → Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → Royal Wedding → Sauron (voice and motion capture) → Silk Stockings → Singin' in the Rain → Spectre → Strike Up the Band → Summer Stock → Test Pilot (1938 film) → The Band Wagon → The Barkleys of Broadway → The Belle of New York → The Enemy (1927 film) → The Garden of Allah (1927 film) → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) → The Harvey Girls → The Hobbit film trilogy → The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → The Mysterious Lady → The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) → The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film) → The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → The Temptress (1926 film) → The Tender Trap → The Trail of '98 (1928 film) → The Wizard of Oz → The Wrath of God → The Yearling (1946 film) → Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo → Three Little Words → Treasure Island (1934 film) → Viva Villa! → We're Off to See the Wizard → Woman of the Year → Wrath of Man → Yolanda and the Thief → Ziegfeld Girl →	productionCompany
A Fish Called Wanda → A Guy Named Joe → A Room with a View (1985 film) → Andy Hardy film series → Babes on Broadway → Ben-Hur → Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → Boom Town → Broadway Melody of 1940 → Bulletproof Monk → Captains Courageous (1937 film) → Charlie Bartlett → Doctor Zhivago → Doctor Zhivago ("MGM") → Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) → Easter Parade → Force of Evil → G.I. Joe: Retaliation → Gaslight (1944 film) → Girl Crazy (1943 film) → Gone with the Wind → Kingpin → Lucky Number Slevin → Mad Love (1935 film) → Manhattan Melodrama → Meet Me in St. Louis → Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) → National Velvet → North by Northwest → Queen Christina (1933 film) → Red Dust → Rocky Balboa (2006 film) → Rocky film series ("MGM") → Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → Royal Wedding → Silk Stockings → Skyfall → Soul Plane → Strike Up the Band → Summer Stock → The Band Wagon → The Belle of New York → The Big Operator → The Enemy (1927 film) → The Garden of Allah (1927 film) → The Garden of Allah (1927 film) ("Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation") → The Harvey Girls → The Mysterious Lady → The Pink Panther (2006 film) → The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) → The Red Lily (1924 film) → The Temptress (1926 film) → The Trail of '98 (1928 film) → The Wizard of Oz → The Wrath of God → The Yearling (1946 film) → Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo → Three Little Words → Treasure Island (1934 film) → Vicky Cristina Barcelona → Viva Villa! → Wicker Park → Yolanda and the Thief → Ziegfeld Girl →	distributor
Anne Revere → Arthur Freed → Arthur Hornblow Jr. → Ava Gardner → Billy Wilder → Cedric Gibbons → Cedric Gibbons ("MGM") → Charles Walters → Clark Gable → Cyd Charisse → David O. Selznick → David Rose → Donald Crisp → Dorothy Patrick → Edgar Allan Woolf → Frank Morgan → Fred Niblo → Gene Kelly → Ginger Rogers → Greta Garbo → Harold Rosson → Helen Rose → Henry Koster → Herman J. Mankiewicz → Irving Thalberg → Jack Haley → Joan Crawford → Joseph L. Mankiewicz → Judy Garland → Lawrence Weingarten → Leslie Caron → Lew Ayres → Louis B. Mayer → Louis Calhern → Lucille Ball → Marcus Loew → Mervyn LeRoy → Nacio Herb Brown → Noel Langley → Owen Moore → Ray Bolger → Robert Young → Sam Wood → Sol C. Siegel → Spencer Tracy → Victor Fleming → Vincente Minnelli → William Wyler →	employer
A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) → A View to a Kill → Creed II → High Society → Moonstruck → Mrs. Soffel → Operation Crossbow → Poltergeist → State of the Union → The Barkleys of Broadway → The Covenant (2023 film) → The Haunting (1963 film) → The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film) → The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → The Tender Trap → The World Is Not Enough → Valkyrie (2008 film) → Willow → Woman of the Year →	distributedBy
Aaron Covington → Helen Rose → Leo the Lion → Samuel Goldwyn → The Trolley Song → Toto (memorial to the dog from The Wizard of Oz) →	associatedWith
Strange Interlude → Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo → Tortilla Flat →	filmAdaptationStudio
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead → Good Morning (musical number) → ruby slippers →	filmStudio
MGM Animation/Visual Arts → MGM Home Entertainment → Orion Pictures →	parentOrganization
A Guy Named Joe ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios") → Test Pilot (1938 film) ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios") →	filmingStudio
Goldwyn Pictures → Metro Pictures →	mergedInto
Amazon MGM Studios → Orion Pictures →	parentCompany
MGM Animation/Visual Arts → MGM Animation/Visual Arts ("MGM film studio system") →	partOf
"Make 'Em Laugh" musical number → Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? →	productionCompanyOfFilm
Don Lockwood → Liz Imbrie →	productionCompanyOfWork
Frank Morgan → Nancy Reagan →	workedFor
Orion Pictures →	acquiredBy
Paramount Decree of 1948 ("MGM") →	appliedTo
"You’re Sensational" →	associatedFilmStudio
Louis B. Mayer →	coFounderOf
Hal Roach Studios →	collaboratedWith
WingNut Films →	collaboratesWith
Leo the Lion ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer opening logo") →	depictedIn
MGM Home Entertainment ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films") →	distributes
Hal Roach Studios →	distributionPartner
Liz Imbrie →	distributorOfWork
"Make 'Em Laugh" musical number ("MGM studios") →	filmedIn
Boys Town ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios") →	filmingLocation
Creed II (film score) →	filmProductionCompany
Cosmo Brown →	filmProductionCompanyOfWork
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown →	filmStudioOfWork
Amazon MGM Studios →	formedByAcquisitionOf
Marcus Loew →	founded
MGM →	fullName
Amazon MGM Studios →	hasPredecessor
Metro Pictures →	hasSuccessor
Metro Pictures →	helpedForm
Goldwyn Pictures →	laterUsedBy
Louis B. Mayer →	mergedCompanyInto
Ars Gratia Artis →	mottoOf
If I Only Had a Brain →	musicForFilmProducedByStudio
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award →	namedForEmployer
Marcus Loew →	notableWork
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead ("MGM") →	originallyRecordedFor
Loew's Inc. →	owned
Orion Pictures →	ownedBy
MGM Animation/Visual Arts →	owner
Loew's Inc. →	parentCompanyOf
Goldwyn Pictures →	predecessorOf
The Trolley Song →	productionCompanyOfOriginalFilm
Technicolor →	providedServicesFor
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America →	represented
Elizabeth Taylor →	representedBy
Easter Parade →	studio
Goldwyn Pictures →	successor
Ars Gratia Artis →	usedBy
Cedric Gibbons →	workedForStudio