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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Turner/MGM scripts
    Date (inclusive): 1918-1986
    Collection number: 400
    Creator: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Turner Entertainment Company
    Extent: 1,378 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    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

    Turner/MGM scripts, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Biography

    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. Turner Entertainment Company (TEC), a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS), was formed in 1986 following TBS's acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Turner then immediately sold the MGM studio to Lorimar Pictures while retaining the film library and script material.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Turner/MGM scripts span the years 1918-1986 and encompass 1,378 linear feet. A total of 1,839 feature films are represented. The files contain scripts, treatments, original source material, other story material, and music reports that function as music cue sheets. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of MGM's feature film output from the company's earliest days through the acquisition of its film library by Turner in 1986. The Turner Entertainment Company has retained all original script material for GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) and THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939).

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced

    Indexing Terms

    Studio records