Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
© 2014
Title: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records
Date (inclusive): 1923-1961
Date (bulk): 1937-1957
Collection number: 12
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Extent:
3.5 linear feet of papers.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
Gift of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985
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 Art Department records records span the years 1923-1961 (bulk 1937-1957) and
encompass 3.5 linear feet. The collection, which consists of files maintained by either Cedric Gibbons or
William Horning, contains departmental records, including studio memoranda and correspondence, production
records, reports, research, and script breakdowns. Areas covered include art directors, labor relations,
legal matters, main title cost breakdowns, miniatures and special-effects weekly reports, memoranda and
reports of shots in progress for the Warren Newcombe unit, personnel matters including contract data,
production costs, publicity, research, scenic art, screen credits, set construction costs, set
decorators, stage construction, Technicolor, three-dimensional films, and wartime activities (World War
II).
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Subject files.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
studio records