List of libraries owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Amazon MGM Studios.
MGM's pre-May 1986 library is currently owned by Warner Bros. (via Turner Entertainment Co.), a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, with the exceptions of Babes in Toyland, the 1964–1967 Flipper series, Fame and the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons (still owned by MGM via Orion Pictures for Babes in Toyland and Flipper and now owned by the Iwerks estate for Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper).
Content libraries
Film Production/Distribution and Home Entertainment
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (post-April 1986) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
- United Artists film library (post-1952) (excluding most of the pre-1952 and some post-1952 films, which were owned by numerous third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)[1]
- Ancillary rights to the Monogram Pictures 187-film library (pre-August 1946) (many post-1941 films still copyrighted to MGM)
- International Pictures
- Eagle-Lion Films
- Amazon MGM Studios (Sitting in Bars with Cake, A Million Miles Away, Cassandro and Totally Killer)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- The Cannon Group, Inc. film library (pre-July 1991) (excluding the EMI Films library, owned by StudioCanal, and films owned by third-party companies)[2]
- Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (A Passage to India, Morons from Outer Space, Dreamchild, The Holcroft Covenant and Wild Geese II)
- American Cinema Productions[3]
- Distribution rights to the IMAX documentary films produced by K2 Studios and The Stephen Low Company (Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, Flight of the Aquanaut, Rocky Mountain Express, Mysteries of the Great Lakes, Beavers, India: Kingdom of the Tiger, Rescue 3D, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag and Wolves)[4][5]
- United Artists film library (post-1952) (excluding most of the pre-1952 and some post-1952 films, which were owned by numerous third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)[1]
Television
- MGM Television library (post-1985)
- MGM+ Studios
- Amazon MGM Content
- Big Fish Entertainment LLC
- Half Moon Pictures[6]
- Gato Grande Productions (50%)
- Evolution Media
- Lightworkers Media
- Orion Television
- Filmways Television (excluding The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction, owned by CBS Media Ventures, and the pre-1981 Ruby-Spears library, owned by Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co. as part of the Hanna-Barbera library)
- United Artists Television (excluding the Popeye the Sailor cartoons, the pre-1950 Warner Bros. Pictures library and the three Gilligan's Island series, owned by Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co., and The Fugitive, owned by CBS Media Ventures via Spelling Television)
- International distribution rights to most NBC Studios television series and specials (1973–2004)[7]
Orion Pictures
- Orion Pictures film library (post-July 1982) (excluding a few films owned by third-party companies)[8][9]
- Orion Classics
- Filmways Pictures (excluding films owned by third-party companies)[10]
- American International Pictures[11]
- Sigma III Corporation
- MCEG Sterling Entertainment[12]
- Intercontinental Releasing Corporation[13]
- Manson International
- Moviestore Entertainment
- Motion Picture Corporation of America film library (pre-1999) (excluding co-productions)[14]
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company[15]
- Heritage Entertainment
- North American distribution rights to The Rank Organisation film library
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment film library (pre-April 1996)[16]
- Island Pictures
- Virgin Films/Palace Pictures
- Interscope Communications (The Tie That Binds, Two Much, Mr. Holland's Opus and Boys)
- CDR's Epic library[17]
- Epic Productions
- Castle Rock Entertainment (home entertainment and streaming rights to pre-1994 films)
- Hemdale Film Corporation (pre-1991)
- Sherwood Productions/Gladden Entertainment (excluding international distribution rights to Gladden's post-1989 films, currently held by ITV Studios via The Rank Organisation)
- Nelson Entertainment
- Embassy Pictures (home entertainment rights to certain films) (under license from StudioCanal)
- Dino De Laurentiis Communications[18][19]
- Fries Entertainment
- Cinecom Pictures
- Scotti Bros. Pictures
- 21st Century Film Corporation (excluding Night of the Living Dead, owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
- Sovereign Pictures
- Kodiak Films
See also
References
- "MGM buys United Artists for $380 million". UPI. 28 July 1981. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- "Pathe Finally Takes Over MGM/UA". The New York Times. 2 November 1990. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- US Copyright Office Document No. V9978D886 / 2019-10-16
- "Stephen Low Films Focus of MGM Partnership". The Stephen Low Company. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- "MGM Television Strikes Deal With Imax Doc Producer K2 Studios, Will Co-Produce 8 Non-Fiction Series". Deadline Hollywood. July 2, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- Tracy, Andrew (June 8, 2022). "Reelz to premiere revamped, retitled version of "Live PD" this summer". RealScreen. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- Guider, Elizabeth (2001-01-24). "MGM will rep NBC's tube product overseas". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- "MGM to get Orion assets". UPI. 10 July 1997. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- "MGM buys $573M library - Apr. 28, 1997". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- "Orion Group Gets Filmways". The New York Times. 10 February 1982. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- "Filmways Sets Merger Accord". The New York Times. 21 March 1979. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Actava in Agreement for a Multimedia Merger". The New York Times. 14 April 1995. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- US Copyright Office Document No. V3054P286 / 1994-11-16
- Morgan, Richard (1999-03-14). "Itsy Bitsy, Krevoy team for family pix". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
Krevoy, who recently reacquired the MPCA name and assets from MGM, brings financing to his own productions.
- "COMPANY NEWS;AT $115 MILLION, A BUYER FOR SAMUEL GOLDWYN". The New York Times. 1 February 1996. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- "MGM Agrees to Acquire PolyGram Movie Library". Los Angeles Times. 1998-10-23. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- Weiner, Rex (1997-12-03). "New Epic librarian". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- "De Laurentiis Trying Comeback in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. 3 February 1990. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- US Copyright Office Document No. V3084P502 / 1995-03-03
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