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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: MGM scripts and treatments collection
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Identifier/Call Number: 2693
Physical Description:
690.75 Linear Feet
614 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1924-c.1950s
Abstract: Collection consists of scripts, treatments, and screenplays from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' first four decades of operation.
Language of Material:
English.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) is an American film and television production company founded in 1924. MGM was formed
by Marcus Loew by merging Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Picture, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into a single company.
Collection consists of scripts, treatments, and screenplays from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' first four decades of operation.
Materials also include scripts and treatments from MGM Television, MGM shorts, and shorts distributed by MGM from Hal Roach
Studios and Pete Smith Specialties.
Advance notice required for access.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], MGM scripts and treatments collection, Collection no. 2693, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture authorship
Scripts
Treatments (Motion pictures, television, etc.) -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- Archives
MGM-TV -- Archives
Hal Roach Studios
Smith, Pete, 1892-1979