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Fade out : the calamitous final days of MGM
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ISBN: 0385418922 Year: 1991 Publisher: London Anchor books, Doubleday

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The MGM story : the complete history of sixty-five roaring years
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ISBN: 1871307775 9781871307771 Year: 1990 Publisher: London Pyramid books

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The best of MGM
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ISBN: 0600502619 Year: 1986 Publisher: Twickenham : Hamlyn,

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The MGM effect : how a Hollywood studio changed the world
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ISBN: 1493067966 1493060546 Year: 2022 Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press,

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate symbol in the world. Not just in the entertainment industry, it should be noted, but of any industry, anywhere, in the history of human civilization. But MGM has been a competitively insignificant force in the motion picture industry for nearly as long as it once, decades ago, dominated that industry. In fact, the MGM lion now presides not over movies alone, but over thirty world-class resorts, and is, or has been, also a recognized leader in the fields of real estate, theme parks, casinos, golf courses, consumer products, and even airlines, all around the world. But the MGM mystique remains. This book is a look at what made MGM the Mount Rushmore of studios, how it presented itself to the world, and how it influenced everything from set design to merchandising to music and dance, and continues to do so today.


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The magic factory : how MGM made An American in Paris
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Year: 1973 Publisher: New York Praeger Publishers

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Tex Avery : l'art de Tex Avery au studio M.G.M.
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ISBN: 2950781802 Year: 1993 Publisher: Rozay-en-Brie : Démons et merveilles,

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The MGM story : the complete history of fifty roaring years
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ISBN: 0517523892 0517526131 0904230147 9780517523896 9780517526132 9780904230147 Year: 1975 Publisher: London Octopus Books Limited


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Produced by Irving Thalberg : theory of studio-era filmmaking
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ISBN: 1474451063 1474484549 1474451047 Year: 2020 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,


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MGM.
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ISBN: 1317429672 1315691299 1317429680 Year: 2018 Publisher: London : Taylor and Francis,

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This is the first comprehensive history of MGM from its origins in 1905 to the present. Following a straightforward chronology corresponding to specific periods of film industry history, each chapter describes how successive managements adjusted their production strategies and business practices in response to evolving industrial and market conditions. As the production subsidiary of the Loew’s Incorporated theatre chain, MGM spent lavishly on its pictures and injected them with plenty of star power. The practice helped sustain MGM’s preeminent position during the heyday of Hollywood. But MGM was a conservative company and watched as other studios innovated with sound and widescreen, adjusted to television, and welcomed independent producers. By the 1960s, the company, sans its theatre chain, was in decline and was ripe for a takeover. A defining moment occurred in 1969, when Kirk Kerkorian, a Las Vegas entrepreneur, made a successful bid for the company. There followed a tumultuous thirty-six-year period when Kerkorian bought and sold MGM three times. Meanwhile, MGM never regained its former status and has functioned as a second-tier company to this day. Focusing on MGM’s top talent – such as Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg, David O. Selznick, and Arthur Freed; directors King Vidor and Vincente Minnelli; and stars of the screen Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, and Mickey Rooney – and award-winning films, this book highlights the studio’s artistic achievements and status within the industry.


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Metro Goldwyn Mayer : splendeur du cinéma américain
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ISBN: 2040197788 Year: 1993 Publisher: Paris : Bordas,

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