Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British production records
- Dates:
- 1947-1968
- Creators:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Extent:
- 8 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British production records, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British production records span the years 1947-1968 and encompass 8 linear feet. The collection contains some scripts and an assortment of production material, including call sheets, research, work orders, schedules, and production correspondence for films produced by MGM in Britain. More than 50 films are represented as well as a smattering of unproduced projects. Film titles include THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1957), THE FLAME AND THE FLESH (1954), GORGO (1961), THE HAUNTING (1963), OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965), and THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE (1959).
- Biographical / historical:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was an American motion picture production company formed in 1924. The studio was located in Culver City, California. From the late 1940s until 1970, MGM owned and operated a British studio in Borehamwood, north of London.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Turner Entertainment, 1990
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- studio records
- Names:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: April 14, 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 British production records, 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