When Kelly returned to Hollywood in 1953, the film musical was already beginning to feel the pressures from television, and MGM cut the budget for his next picture Brigadoon ( 1954 ), with Cyd Charisse, forcing the film to be made on studio backlots instead of on location in Scotland.

When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ) and David Copperfield ( 1935 ) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet ( 1936 ) and Camille ( 1936 ) for Irving Thalberg.

When she took the story to gossip columnist Louella Parsons, the studio was forced to give in and granted all the profits from MGM movies made and released from 1924 to 1938, meaning the estate eventually received over $ 1. 5 million in percentage payments.

When her contract was not renewed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ) gave her a small but significant part in the film Three Little Words ( 1950 ), then signed her to a seven-year contract.

When TNT began broadcasting pre-1986 MGM films, it caused a controversy when they began colorizing many black and white classics.

When Schary went to MGM, he purchased the rights to the script from RKO, over the objections of Louis B. Mayer, who believed that the public was tired of war films.

When MGM ( which acquired the rights to United Artists's catalog after its demise ) released Heaven's Gate on VHS and videodisc in the 1980s, it released Cimino's 219-minute cut with the tagline " Heaven's Gate … The Legendary Uncut Version.

“ When Schneider managed to hunt up Keaton, he found that genius of the silent screen — old, broke, ill, and alone — some $ 2 million ahead in a four-handed poker game with an imaginary Louis B. Mayer of MGM and two other invisible Hollywood moguls.

When Dean left in 1938 to be replaced by Michael Balcon from MGM, about 60 films had been made at the studios.

The Hermits appeared in several MGM movies, including When the Boys Meet the Girls ( 1965 ) and Hold On!

When Thalberg returned to work in 1933, it was as one of the studio's unit producers, albeit one who had first choice on projects and MGM resources, including its stars, due to his closeness to Nicholas Schenck, who was then president of MGM corporate parent Loew's Inc. Schenck, who was the true power and ultimate arbiter at the studio, usually backed up Thalberg.

When Barker, and Bernard left to form Orion, the label was briefly rechristened MGM / UA Classics before it was finally shut down in the late 1980s.

When the pre-May 1986 MGM library was bought by Turner Entertainment, both productions were included in the roster as well.

When the deal with CBS / Fox ( inherited from Magnetic Video ) expired in 1989, the UA films began to be issued through MGM / UA Home Video.

When Ebsen turned down studio head Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive contract with MGM, Mayer warned him that he would never get a job in Hollywood again.

When MGM first approached her for a screen test, Russell was not enthusiastic, remembering Universal.

* When Ladies Meet ( 1933 MGM )

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.

When Disney later reneged on a deal he had made for two other Harman-Ising pictures, the animators sold the cartoons to Quimby at MGM.

When MGM resubmitted the film to the MPAA in 1996, it was re-rated " R ".

When Skelton renegotiated his 1940 long-term contract with MGM, he wanted a clause that permitted him to remain working in radio and to be able to work on television ( which was in its infancy ).

When MGM decided to use the phrase for the movie, they did so without the permission of either Skelton or his Raleigh cigarettes sponsor ; Skelton asked for $ 25, 000 from the studio in damages.

When Roddenberry submitted his first proposal for Star Trek to MGM Studios in 1964, his name for the starship commander was " Robert M. April " ( another name, Captain James Winter, was also considered ).

When he had closed the suitcase he found a rag and moved about the room, wiping carefully everything he might have touched.

When the plague hits, the deprivation of this symbol of freedom becomes more pronounced, as the beaches are closed, as is the port.

When closed the altarpiece displayed the four panels of the legend of St. Sebastian ’ s Martyrdom, while the opened wings displayed the Stations of the Cross.

When the key was not in use, that switch was kept closed, so that a signal was continually sent.

When the rest of the line was closed and all passenger services ceased, the section of the line between Cheddar and Yatton remained open for goods traffic.

When frightened, a " full closed grin " causes nearby individuals to be fearful, as well.

When a new junior high school was opened in 1986, the Fairmount High School building was closed for good.

When the border between Spain and Gibraltar was eventually closed by the Spanish dictator in 1969, the newspaper changed its ownership and begun to be published in English.

When he reached the town, he found the school closed for the night.

When it closed in 2002 it said its mission had been successfully achieved.

When the hats are closed, the pressure holding them together can be varied by varying the foot pressure.

When the loop is closed, the system may function as an artificial pancreas.

When a fluid is flowing through a closed channel such as a pipe or between two flat plates, either of two types of flow may occur depending on the velocity of the fluid: laminar flow or turbulent flow.

When the bomb reached the design height for this stage ( reportedly 2, 000 meters ) the membrane closed a circuit, activating the circuit between the radar altimeters and the projectile gun.

When the altimeters sensed the correct height, the firing switch closed, igniting the three BuOrd Mk15, Mod 1 Navy gun primers in the breech plug, which set off the charge consisting of four silk powder bags each containing two pounds of WM slotted-tube cordite.

When the Bank Street ground was temporarily closed by bailiffs in 1902, club captain Harry Stafford raised enough money to pay for the club's next away game at Bristol City and found a temporary ground at Harpurhey for the next reserves game against Padiham.

When considered together, the object and the mass constitute a closed system in which total momentum is conserved.

When the water level is below both switches, the switch contacts are closed providing signals to both the " Low Level " and " High Level " inputs to the PLC.

When not in use, the drawstring could be closed, completely covering the arrows so as to protect them from rain and dirt.

When considering isometry groups, one may restrict oneself to those where for all points the set of images under the isometries is topologically closed.

When a case is closed to the public, the court has to declare the reason.

When theories are studied in mathematics, they are usually expressed in some formal language and their statements are closed under application of certain procedures called rules of inference.

When the throttle is closed, compressed air will flow to the throttle valve without an exit ( i. e., the air has nowhere to go ).

When the network was closed, there were very few, if any, active TACS customers left.

When the bar closed, he found that his entire rig — horse, buggy, and samples — had been stolen.