MGM

Metro-Golden-Mayer is an American media company known for their distribution of movies and their televised programing. MGM was once the biggest and most phenomenal film studio out there. The studio was founded in 1924 by entertainment’s own entrepreneur Marcus Loew, who gained access to Metro Pictures and Goldwyn Pictures Corporation along with Louis B. Mayer pictures. Its headquarters is in Beverly Hills, California.

MGM’s official motto is ”Ars Gratia Artis,” and for those of you who don’t speak Latin, it means “Art for art sake.” This motto was chosen by the studio’s chief publicist Howard Dietz. The logo for MGM is the shot of a lion roaring, surrounded by a ring of film with the studio’s motto inscribed on it. This image was also created by Dietz who made it in 1916 for Goldwyn Pictures, then updated it in 1924 for MGM’s use. Dietz got the idea for the logo from his Alma Mater’s mascot, the Columbia University Lion. Originally the image was silent; the actual roar was added for the first time in August of 1928.

At the end of the silent film era to the late 1950’S, Metro-Golden –Mayer was the big time motion pictures studio in Hollywood. It slowly responded to the legal changes of the 1950’s and 1960’s in the economic and demographic nature of the motion picture industry of those times. Although at times the studio’s films did well at the box office they were still losing money throughout the 1960’s. MGM has worked with legendary icons such as Lucile Ball, Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly.  MGM has done 4,100 memorable films that inspired many new comers to the filming business and have many classics that people will cherish worldwide.