Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set rental and location weather records
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
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Title: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set rental and location weather records
Date (inclusive): circa 1940s-early 1970s
Collection number: 338
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Extent:
2 linear feet of papers.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set rental and location weather records, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Warner Bros., 1993
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 set rental and location weather records span the years circa 1940s-early 1970s
and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection consists of correspondence related to the rental of sets and
MGM's back lot number 3 by other studios and production companies, including Columbia, Harold Lloyd,
Paramount, RKO, Republic, Hal Roach, Selznick, 20th Century-Fox, United Artists, Universal, and Warner
Bros. In addition, there are interoffice memos related to the rental of MGM sets. Concerning weather,
there are National Weather Institute forms with the motion picture weather outlook related to MGM studio
filming on location across the U.S., circa 1960s. Also, there are additional weather surveys.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer