Metro Pictures

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Metro Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production and distribution company that later merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), helping form one of Hollywood’s major studios.

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instanceOf American company
film distribution company
film production company
activity film distribution
film production
associatedWith Hollywood studio system
country United States
distributionScope national
era silent film era
fate merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
hasSuccessor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
helpedForm Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
historicalSignificance one of the companies that combined to form MGM
industry film industry
languageOfFilms silent films with intertitles
location California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
medium motion pictures
mergedInto Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
notableContribution development of major Hollywood studios
notableFor contributing to the formation of MGM
operatedIn silent film market
partOf history of Hollywood studio system
regionServed United States
roleInIndustry predecessor of major studio
status defunct
timePeriod early 20th century
type motion picture studio


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