Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using a combination of both last names to create the name. Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Goldfish then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goldwyn Pictures Corporation"
James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. ( December 14, 1918– September 3, 1994) was an American television and film executive. President of the CBS Television Network during the early 1960s, he put on the air some of television's most enduring series, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies. Under Aubrey, CBS dominated American television the way General Motors and General Electric dominated their industries. The New York Times Magazine in 1964 called Aubrey "a master of programming whose divinations led to successes that are breathtaking." ...more on Wikipedia about "James T. Aubrey, Jr."
Louis Burt Mayer ( July 4, 1882 – October 29, 1957) was an early film producer, generally cited as the creator of the star system within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. Known always as Louis B. Mayer (pronounced Louie) and often simply as "L.B", he believed in "wholesome entertainment" and went to great lengths to collect "more stars than in the heavens". ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis B. Mayer"
Marcus Loew ( May 7, 1870– September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marcus Loew"
Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in late 1915 by Richard A. Rowland (1880-1947) and Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957). The company started out distributing films made by Solax Studios but Mayer left soon after operations began to form his own company in 1918. Richard Rowland would continue to produce a number of films in New York City, Fort Lee, New Jersey and in Los Angeles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metro Pictures Corporation"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, was, until 2005, a media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. The company was acquired by a partnership led by Sony and Comcast Corporation for $US 4.8 billion. The sale was completed on April 8, 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"
Samuel Goldwyn ( July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samuel Goldwyn"
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