When the new Happy Harmonies series ran significantly over-budget in 1937, MGM fired Harman and Ising and established its own in-house studio headed by Fred Quimby.

The Marina District Development Company, LLC is a joint venture of Boyd Gaming Corporation and a divestiture trust for MGM Resorts International that was established to develop and operate the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Bern then began urging close friend Irving Thalberg, production head of MGM, to sign Harlow, noting Harlow's pre-existing popularity and established image.

Turner Entertainment Co. was established on August 4, 1986 as a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System to oversee its film library after Ted Turner's short-lived acquisition of MGM / UA.

GPG needed to move into the US and UK markets, and did so by a process of both formation and acquisition: Polydor Records established its American operations in 1969, Mercury Record Productions ( US ) was acquired in 1972 from sister company North American Philips Corp., RSO ( UK ) in 1967, MGM Records and Verve ( US ) in 1972, Casablanca ( US ) in 1977, Pickwick in 1978, and Decca ( UK ) in 1980 ( the latter acquisition basically brought PolyGram full circle, see the HDD section above ).

In 1984 the company entered license agreements with major overseas companies, MGM / UA, Vestron Video, Walt Disney Home Video and BBC Video, and in 1985, they established offices in New York and London.

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, also known as MGM Medical College, is an Indian medical college established at Jamshedpur in 1961.

He also established himself as a cinema magnate, establishing the Metro cinema in collaboration with MGM.

The MGB is composed of three companies: the Matterhorn Gotthard AG ( MGB ) emerged from a rebranding of BVZ, the Matterhorn Gotthard infrastructure AG ( MGI ) is the former FO, and a new stock company Matterhorn Gotthard railway ( MGM ) has been established as a management umbrella.

It is owned by Marina District Development, a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International.

In 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) was established by Louis B. Mayer, originator of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation, which then would be joined into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ), to unite the five branches of the film industry, including actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.

In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television network, and established MGM / CBS Home Video.

IGN gave the DVD their highest rating and was " thrilled by the special edition treatment that this landmark cult film has received at the hands of MGM.

In early 2010, following the conclusion of an investigation by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement into the company's suitability as a casino licensee, executives at MGM announced that they would place their shares in MDDC into a special trust until they find a suitable buyer.

was adapted into a half-hour animated TV special by MGM Animation / Visual Arts in 1970, directed by Chuck Jones ( who also directed the television version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas ), produced by Theodor Geisel, and with narration by Hans Conried, who also voiced Horton.

Barbershop 2 also features what is billed as a " special appearance " by Queen Latifah, who starred in a spin-off, Beauty Shop which was released by MGM in early 2005.

In 1945, Jerry made an appearance in the live-action MGM musical feature film Anchors Aweigh, in which, through the use of special effects, he performs a dance routine with Gene Kelly.

Free to shape his own career after the MGM motion picture contract expired in 1968, although still required to complete two more films, Presley accepted an offer from the NBC network to do a television special.

The MGM Camera 65 used special 65mm Eastmancolor film stock with a 2. 76: 1 aspect ratio.

MGM and Panavision shared a special technical Oscar in March 1960 for developing the Camera 65 photographic process.

The fansite GateWorld became a major franchise news site with special arrangements with MGM ; GateWorld's founder Darren Sumner was later hired to serve as a news editor for the official Stargate SG-1 magazine and to check Stargate comic books for continuity errors with the TV shows before publication.

The MGM Grand Garden Arena has held events such as the Billboard Music Awards, the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit, the VH1 Divas Las Vegas shows, and other sporting and special events such as Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) PPV events.

On November 18, 2001 Britney Spears performed in her first live HBO concert special from the MGM Grand Garden Arena as a part of her Dream Within A Dream Tour.

However, by special arrangement with LBS Communications, MGM revived the series for first-run syndication in the fall of 1983, where it continued for four more seasons, with the last first-run episode airing in the US on May 18, 1987.

This can be seen as a special effect in the movie version ( created by MGM / released by Warner Home Video ) in which only a Russian spacecraft undergoes aerocapture ( in the film incorrectly called aerobraking ), which is demonstrated via special effects.

The song had two special periods of popularity: 1928 and 1950, the latter in relation to the release of the MGM film, Three Little Words, based on the life of Kalmar and Ruby.

To the present day, the 1959 Ben-Hur remains the last MGM film to win a Best Picture Oscar, though Doctor Zhivago, another MGM film, was nominated in 1965.

** Ben-Hur ( 1925 film ), an MGM silent film starring Ramon Novarro

** Ben-Hur ( 1959 film ), an MGM sound film starring Charlton Heston that won 11 Academy Awards

This was used in the 1959 film Ben-Hur, which was filmed with the MGM Camera 65 process at an aspect ratio of 2. 76: 1, one of the widest prints ever made.

However, dissatisfied with the quality of the films he was offered, calling the studios " a Tiffany, which had forgotten how to make silver ", Nielsen left MGM, but not before auditioning for the role of Messala in the 1959 historical piece Ben-Hur.

MGM Records also issued albums of film scores, including Ben-Hur, King of Kings, Doctor Zhivago, and How the West Was Won.

Other popular scores that he composed for MGM pictures include Quo Vadis ( 1951 ), Ivanhoe ( 1952 ), Ben-Hur, King of Kings and The V. I. P. s.

Following release of the 1959 MGM film adaptation of Ben-Hur, which was seen by tens of millions and won 11 Academy Awards in 1960, book sales surpassed Gone with the Wind.

* Ben-Hur ( 1925 film ), an MGM silent film starring Ramon Novarro

* Ben-Hur ( 1959 film ), an MGM sound film starring Charlton Heston

Poster for the Ben-Hur ( 1925 film ) | 1925 MGM film adaptation of Ben-Hur

" Although audiences flocked to Ben-Hur after its premiere in 1925 and the picture grossed $ 9 million worldwide, its huge expenses and the deal with Erlanger made it a net financial loss for MGM.

MGM originally announced a remake of Ben-Hur in December 1952, ostensibly as a way to spend its Italian assets.

In a gamble to save the studio, and inspired by the success of Paramount Pictures ' 1956 Biblical epic The Ten Commandments, studio head Joseph Vogel announced in 1957 that MGM would again move forward on a remake of Ben-Hur.

In fact, despite conducting screen tests and engaging in other pre-production work for Ben-Hur, Wyler did not agree to direct the film until September 1957, and MGM did not announced his hiring until January 3, 1958.

1957's Raintree County and Ben-Hur were the first MGM films to use the process.

In addition, to provide a more " listenable " album, Rózsa arranged his score into a " Ben-Hur Suite ", which was released on Lion Records ( an MGM subsidiary which issued low-priced records ) in 1959.

* Ben-Hur is one of the few MGM films in which the director receives very prominent billing in the posters advertising the movie — the posters state " William Wyler's Production of ", although the same credit does not appear in the actual on-screen credits.

After appearing in more than three dozen films, McAvoy co-starred with Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in director Fred Niblo's 1925 production of Ben-Hur released by MGM.

* Ben-Hur ( 1925 MGM )(* Extant )

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, MGM Studios was responsible for shooting 52 films a year, from screen epics such as Gone with the Wind ( although it was shot in the Culver Studios ), Ben-Hur, and Mutiny on the Bounty, to drawing-room dramas such as Grand Hotel, Dinner At Eight, and Anna Karenina.