Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Shorts Department script collection
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
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Title: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Shorts Department script collection
Date (inclusive): 1937-1958
Date (bulk): 1940s
Collection number: 441
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Extent:
5.4 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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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Shorts Department script collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Walter Reuben, 1999
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 Shorts Department script collection spans the years 1937-1958 and encompasses
5.4 linear feet. The collection includes dialogue cutting continuities, scripts and synopses for MGM
short films from series including Carey Wilson Miniatures, Cinemascope cartoons, Gold Medal cartoons,
James A. Fitzpatrick Traveltalks, John Nesbitt? Passing Parade, MGM cartoons, MGM specials and Our Gang
comedies. Some titles include advertising billing, list of music, main title billing, publicity, release
information and reviews.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A as follows: A. Produced; 2. Subject
files
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer