Finding Aid for the MGM Production Department (Film) records 2253

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

2022 January

Doheny Memorial Library G4

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0185

ctlibarc@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/cinematic-arts-library

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Title: MGM Production Department (Film) records

Creator: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Identifier/Call Number: 2253

Physical Description: 89 Linear Feet 76 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1950-1959

Abstract: This collection contains production files for films produced by MGM from 1950-1959.

Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of MGM, April 8, 1970.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], MGM Production Department (Film) records, Collection no. 2253, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains production files for films produced by MGM from 1950-1959. Production files cover budgets, personnel files, and publicity from the MGM Production department feature length and short films. Files for such films as North by Northwest (1959), Raintree County (1957), and Washington Story (1952) are in this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources

Publicity -- Archival resources

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- Archives

Production Information/Budgets

Box 36

Above and Beyond 1952

Box 33

The Actress 1953

Box 38

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953

Box 11

Athena 1954

Box 16

Bad Day at Black Rock 1954

Bad and the Beautiful (Working title: Tribute to a Bad Man) 1952

Box 13

The Band Wagon 1953

Box 3

The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1957

Box 34

The Battle of Gettysburg (documentary short) 1955

Box 26

The Beat Generation 1959

Box 17

Bedeviled 1955

Box 2

Ben-Hur (1 of 2) 1959

Box 3

Ben-Hur (2 of 2) 1959

Box 42

Big Leaguer 1953

Box 17

The Big Operator 1959

Box 26

The Brothers Karamazov 1958

Box 43

Carbine Williams 1952

Box 4

The Catered Affair 1956

Box 47

The Clown 1953

Box 3

Code Two 1953

Box 13

Count Your Blessings 1959

Box 17

Cry of the Hunted 1953

Box 23

Darling, I'm Stuck (unproduced?) circa 1950

Box 10

Deep In My Heart 1954

Box 19

The Devil Makes Three 1952

Box 33

Don't Go Near the Water 1957

Box 6

Dream Wife 1953

Box 10

Easy to Love 1953

Box 11

Everything I Have Is You 1952

Box 28

Excuse My Dust 1951

Box 27

Fast Company 1953

Box 36

The Fastest Gun Alive 1956

Box 7

Father's Little Dividend 1951

Box 15

52 Miles To Terror (unproduced?)

Box 32

Gaby 1956

Box 30

Gigi 1958

Box 28

The Girl In White 1952

Box 30

Give a Girl a Break 1953

Box 40

The Glass Slipper 1955

Box 1

Glory Alley 1952

Box 37

The Great American Pastime 1956

Box 38

The Great Diamond Robbery 1954

Box 24

Green Fire 1954

Box 42

Green Mansions 1959

Box 45

Gun Glory 1957

Box 3

The High Cost of Loving (1 of 2) 1958

Box 23

The High Cost of Loving (2 of 2) 1958

Box 12

High Society 1956

Box 25

The Hired Gun 1957

Box 28

Hit the Deck 1955

Box 38

The Hoaxters (short) 1952

Box 24

Holiday For Sinners 1952

Box 36

The Hour of Thirteen 1952

Box 11

House of Numbers 1957

Box 7

Huckleberry Finn (unproduced) circa 1951

Box 29

Imitation General 1958

Box 37

Interrupted Melody 1955

Box 39

Invitation 1952

Box 20

Invitation to the Dance 1956

Box 20

It's Always Fair Weather 1955

Box 31

Jupiter's Darling 1955

Box 34

Kind Lady 1951

Box 45

The Last Hunt 1956

Box 32

The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954

Box 44

Latin Lovers 1953

Box 9

The Law and the Lady 1951

Box 40

Lili 1953

Box 34

Love Is Better Then Ever 1951

Box 44

Lust For Life 1956

Box 9

Man On Fire 1957

Box 9

Many Rivers To Cross 1955

Box 38

The Mating Game 1959

Box 46

Meet Me In Las Vegas 1956

Box 19

Merry Andrews 1958

Box 4

Million Dollar Mermaid 1952

Box 21

Moonfleet 1955

Box 46

My Man And I 1952

Box 47

Never So Few 1959

Box 8

Night Into Morning 1951

Box 8

Night of the Quarter Moon 1959

Box 6

No Questions Asked 1951

Box 14

North By Northwest 1959

Box 34

Nostradamus (Short)

Box 42

The Opposite Sex 1956

Box 47

Party Girl 1958

Box 7

Pat and Mike 1952

Box 46

The People Against O'Hara 1951

Box 39

The Power and the Prize 1956

Box 35

The Prodigal 1955

Box 16

Quentin Durward 1955

Box 29

The Rack 1956

Box 22

Raintree Country 1957

Box 16

Ransom 1956

Box 6

Remains To Be Seen 1953

Box 6

Rich, Young And Pretty 1951

Box 18

Rogue Cop 1954

Box 5

Saaida 1953

Box 8

Saddle The Wind 1958

Box 5

Scaramouche 1952

Box 15

The Sheepman 1958

Box 31

Show Boat 1951

Box 16

A Slight Case of Larceny 1953

Box 18

Slightly Dishonorable 1951

Box 7

Soldiers Three 1951

Box 12

Some Came Running 1958

Box 35

Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956

Box 27

Something of Value 1957

Box 29

Sometimes I Love You 1954

Box 26

The Strip 1951

Box 18

The Swan 1956

Box 43

Take the High Ground 1953

Box 34

The Tall Target 1951

Box 14

Tea and Sympathy 1956

Box 25

Teahouse of the August Moon 1956

Box 12

The Tender Trap 1955

Box 40

Texas Carnival 1951

Box 43

These Wilder Years 1956

Box 43

Tip On a Dead Jockey 1957

Box 15

Trial 1955

Box 23

The Tunnel of Love 1958

Box 15

The Unmarried Man 1951

Box 41

Until They Sail 1957

Box 39

Valley of the Kings 1954

Box 39

Washington Story 1952

Box 1

Young Bess 1953

Box 21

Young Man With Ideas 1952

Box 1b, Box 2b, Box 3b, Box 4a, Box 4b, Box 48, Box 49, Box 50, Box 51, Box 52, Box 53, Box 54, Box 55, Box 56, Box 57, Box 58, Box 59, Box 60, Box 61, Box 62, Box 63, Box 64, Box 65, Box 66, Box 67, Box 68, Box 69, Box 70, Box 71

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