Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Introduction
MGM was created in April 1924. It was created by the theatre magnate Marcus Lowe, who orchestrated the merger of Metro Pictures Corp., Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Which the combination of this three would lead to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

What were some of the best films made by your studio?
During a golden three decades from 1924 to 1954, the Culver City-based studio dominated the movie business, creating a Best Picture nominee every year for two straight decades. One of the more memorable years at the Academy Awards was in 1939 when MGM's Gone With the Wind and MGM's The Wizard of Oz were both nominated for Best Picture. Gone With the Wind took home Best Picture that year, along with 8 other Oscars. The Wizard of Oz secured two Oscars. Hattie McDaniel Won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.

Who were the major stars and film-makers under contract to your studio?
Actors:
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• Greta Garbo 
• —John Gilbert
• —William Haines
• —Norma Shearer
• —Joan Crawford
• —Clark Gable
• —Jean Harlow
• —Robert Montgomery
• —Myrna Loy
• —Jeanette MacDonald
• —Nelson Eddy
• —Lon Chaney
• —William Powell
• —Buster Keaton
• —Wallace Beery 

Directors: 

• —King Vidor
• —Clarence Brown
• —Erich von Stroheim
• —Tod Browning
• —Victor Seastrom 

And associated with musicians such as: 

• —Judy Garland
• —Fred Astaire
• —Gene Kelly
• —Frank Sinatra 

What genre and type of films did your studio
—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer did the best films when the genre was musical. Such as:

• —The Wizard of Oz
• —Goodbye, Mr Chips
• —Ninotchka
• —Silk Stockings