Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set reference photographs
- Dates:
- 1919-1973, bulk 1925-1973
- Creators:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Extent:
- 315 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set reference photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set reference photographs span the years 1919-1973 (bulk 1925-1973) and encompasses 315 linear feet. The collection consists of approximately 350,000 black-and-white photographs taken of sets during film production for continuity and other reference purposes. Performers and crew members appear only rarely. Most images are 8x10, but some files also contain 4x5 prints, sometimes of the same images. Both feature length and short films are represented, including many period dramas and musicals noteworthy for their production design. There is limited coverage of Metro-Goldwyn and Goldwyn productions.
- Biographical / historical:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, an American motion picture production company, was formed in 1924. The studio was located in Culver City, California. MGM was formed when the theater circuit Loew's Inc., owner of Metro Pictures Corporation, acquired Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures and subsequently merged the three companies. Acquired by a consortium of investors in 2005, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., continues to function as a film production and distribution company out of its Century City, California headquarters.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co., 1984
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Motion picture production photographs; 2. Subject photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: January 31, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer set reference photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226