Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection, bulk 1930s-1995

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Summary

Title:
Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection
Dates:
bulk 1930s-1995
Creators:
Turner Entertainment Co. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Abstract:
This collection consists of scripts for film and television from Turner Entertainment and MGM. Turner Entertainment bought MGM for a short period of time in 1986, before selling MGM back to its original owner. However, Turner Entertainment kept the pre-1986 MGM film and television library in the second sale. This gave Turner Entertainment rights to distribution of these films and series and credit as the copyright holder.
Extent:
379.125 Linear Feet 337 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection, Collection no. 2256, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of film and television scripts from Turner Entertainment and MGM. Turner Entertainment bought MGM for a short period of time in 1986, before selling MGM back to its original owner. However, Turner Entertainment kept the pre-1986 MGM film and television library in the second sale. This gave Turner Entertainment rights to distribution of these films and series and credit as the copyright holder.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Turner Entertainment, April 4, 1996.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-23 14:18:33 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is currently unavailable for access.

Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection, Collection no. 2256, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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