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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bc41sn No online items Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records Special Collections Margaret Herrick Library© 2014 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art 12 1 Department records Descriptive Summary Title: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records Date (inclusive): 1923-1961 Date (bulk): 1937-1957 Collection number: 12 Creator: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Extent: 3.5 linear feet of papers. Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Languages: English 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Acquisition Information Gift of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985 Biography Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was an American motion picture production company formed in 1924. The studio was located in Culver City, California. Collection Scope and Content Summary The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Department records records span the years 1923-1961 (bulk 1937-1957) and encompass 3.5 linear feet. The collection, which consists of files maintained by either Cedric Gibbons or William Horning, contains departmental records, including studio memoranda and correspondence, production records, reports, research, and script breakdowns. Areas covered include art directors, labor relations, legal matters, main title cost breakdowns, miniatures and special-effects weekly reports, memoranda and reports of shots in progress for the Warren Newcombe unit, personnel matters including contract data, production costs, publicity, research, scenic art, screen credits, set construction costs, set decorators, stage construction, Technicolor, three-dimensional films, and wartime activities (World War II). Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Subject files. Indexing Terms Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio records Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art 12 2 Department records.

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