Metro Pictures

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American company film distribution company film production company

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Metro Pictures canonical 21
Metro Pictures Corporation 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
film distribution company ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
activity film distribution ⓘ
film production ⓘ
associatedWith Hollywood studios ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood studio system
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
roleInIndustry predecessor of major studio ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
type motion picture studio ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MGM → foundedBy → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Natacha Rambova → workedAt → Metro Pictures ⓘ
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → producer → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → productionCompany → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → distributedBy → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
this entity surface form: Metro Pictures Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → formedByMergerOf → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Camille (1921 film) – costume and set design → productionCompany → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Marcus Loew → associatedWith → Metro Pictures ⓘ
The Toll of the Sea → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
The Toll of the Sea → distributedBy → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Rex Ingram → employer → Metro Pictures ⓘ
June Mathis → employer → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Leatrice Joy → employer → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Revelation (1918 film) → productionCompany → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Revelation (1918 film) → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
The Red Lantern (1919 film) → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Eye for Eye (1918 film) → productionCompany → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Eye for Eye (1918 film) → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
Marc McDermott → employer → Metro Pictures ⓘ
1921 film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → distributor → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
1921 film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → productionCompany → Metro Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)