Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon since 2022.

Mar 27, 2025 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), American corporation that was once the world’s largest and most profitable motion-picture studio. The studio reached its peak in the 1930s and ’40s.

Apr 29, 2024 · MGM was home to countless classic films, and in 1939 alone, the studio backed the timeless fantasy The Wizard of Oz and distributed the Oscar-winning Gone With the Wind, the Ernst Lubitsch/Greta...

MGM Holdings, Inc. was an American holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. It was launched on February 11, 2005, by a creditor-oriented consortium and the former parent company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (from which the "MGM" initials were coined).

Jun 26, 2014 · Join us as we swiftly skip along the yellow brick road of MGM's history, from its start in 1924 up until 1959. In the early 1920s the number one form of entertainment across America, vaudeville, was beginning to dwindle and the …

This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (to include MGM/UA Entertainment Co., MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM-Pathe Communications Co. and MGM/UA Distribution Co.).

Founded on April 17, 1924, and based in Beverly Hills, California, it is owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon. The original MGM lion logo referred to as "A Goldwyn Picture". The company is named after three companies which were combined in 1924 to start the MGM movie company.

Formed by the merger of Metro Pictures Corp., Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions, the original MGM was responsible for some of the world's most beloved films. In 1981 MGM merged with United Artists Corporation and then 16 years later bought Orion Pictures, Goldwyn Films, and the Motion Picture Corporation of America.

Jan 18, 2025 · In April 1924, Metro Goldwyn Productions (later, MGM Studios, or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) began as a merger between Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Both Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg played key roles in shaping production and the company produced a string of hit silent films.

MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. [2][3] It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winni...