The MGM effect : how a Hollywood studio changed the world / Steven Bingen with Marc Wanamaker, Bison Archives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bingen, Steven, author.

Wanamaker, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles.

Motion picture studios.

Motion picture industry--United States.

Motion picture industry.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer--Influence.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

California--Los Angeles.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Distribution:

Lanham, MD : National Book Network

Other Title:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer effect

Place of Publication:

Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate symbol in the world. Not just in the entertainment industry, it should be noted, but of any industry, anywhere, in the history of human civilization. But MGM has been a competitively insignificant force in the motion picture industry for nearly as long as it once, decades ago, dominated that industry. In fact, the MGM lion now presides not over movies alone, but over thirty world-class resorts, and is, or has been, also a recognized leader in the fields of real estate, theme parks, casinos, golf courses, consumer products, and even airlines, all around the world. But the MGM mystique remains. This book is a look at what made MGM the Mount Rushmore of studios, how it presented itself to the world, and how it influenced everything from set design to merchandising to music and dance, and continues to do so today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I

1. Dedications and Dedication

2. Players and Their Plays

3. Old Men and New Blood

4. Gamblers and Their Games

Part II

5. The "Other" MGMs

Real Estate

Theaters

Film Processing

Hotel and Casinos

Condominiums

Baseball Stadium

Airline

Theme Parks and Attractions

Records, Radio, and Music Publishing

Television

Home Entertainment

Live Theater

MGM Interactive

Merchandise

6. MGM, as Depicted

A Mayer in the Movies (and Onstage!)

A Mogul in the Movies

Mayer and His Studio on the Page: Nonfiction

Mayer and His Studio on the Page: Biographical

Mayer and His Studio on the Page: Fiction

7. Influence of the Lion

Architecture

Fashion

Music

Humor

8. The MGM People

9. Shadows of the Lion

In the Lion's Den

Leo Uncaged.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP5.40 0.

Other Format:

Online version: Bingen, Steven. MGM effect

ISBN:

9781493060542

1493060546

OCLC:

1227917913

Publisher Number:

99992684031