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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection
Creator:
Turner Entertainment Co.
Creator:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Identifier/Call Number: 2256
Physical Description:
379.125 Linear Feet
337 boxes
Date (bulk): 1930s-1995
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.
Language of Material:
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Turner Entertainment, April 4, 1996.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Turner Entertainment and MGM script collection, Collection no. 2256, Cinematic Arts Library,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television scripts
Scripts
Television -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Turner Entertainment Co. -- Archives
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- Archives