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Title: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Legal Department collection
Date (inclusive): 1917-1982
Date (bulk): 1930s-1940s; 1980s
Collection number: 13
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Extent:
14 linear feet of papers.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
Important Information for Users of the Collection
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are
responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies
or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Legal Department collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Barbara Ahmadzadeh, Craig Holt, and Turner Entertainment (Roger Mayer and Wolfgang Schmitz),
1987
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was an American motion picture production company formed in 1924. The studio was
located in Culver City, California.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Legal Department collection spans the years 1917-1982 (bulk 1930s-1940s;
1980s) and encompasses 14 linear feet. The collection contains departmental records, including contracts,
scripts, story material, production records, correspondence, and final cast credit sheets. The collection
does not contain the complete records of the Legal Department.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B.
Unproduced; 2. Television files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files; 5. Biography
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
legal records
studio records