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4 days ago · Biography. Early life. New York theatre and radio career. Working in Hollywood. RKO Radio Pictures (1940) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and loan-out to Eagle-Lion Films (1941–1946) Mark Hellinger Productions and Universal-International Pictures (1946–1948) 20th Century-Fox Film and the blacklist years (1948–1953) Working in Europe. France. Melina Mercouri.
2 days ago · The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
3 days ago · Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of ...
2 days ago · Garland began performing as a child, with her two older sisters, in a vaudeville group The Gumm Sisters, and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946), Easter Parade (1948), and Summer Stock (1950).
2 days ago · William Denby "Bill" Hanna and Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera met at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio in 1938, while working at its animation unit. Having worked at other studios since the early 1930s, they solidified a six decade working partnership, leading to their very first collaborative success Tom and Jerry , centering on the madcap ...
1 day ago · Image Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1. Cary Grant. Actor Cary Grant once turned down the role of James Bond. He was a perfect fit for the part in many ways, but perhaps he’d experienced enough of ...
1 day ago · Louis B. Mayer lured Thalberg away from Universal in late 1922 to his own growing studio, Louis B. Mayer Productions, as vice-president in charge of production, and when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was formed in 1924 Thalberg continued in the same position for the new company. Without Thalberg's guidance, Universal became a second-tier studio and would ...
