Download Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Logo — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (or simply MGM ) is a great company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films movies and programs for television . Its principal subsidiary were MGM Studios Inc. , United Artists Corporation and Orion Pictures Corporation (acquired in 1997). In a major commercial operation, the company was sold to a group of companies led by Sony Pictures Entertainment which also owns Columbia Pictures . MGM is based in Beverly Hills, California (After August 22, 2011). Before August 19, 2011, MGM was based on the MGM Tower in Century City , Los Angeles .
The name comes from the three companies formed a corporate merger to create MGM Studios in 1924 , Metro Picture Corporation (founded 1915 ), Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (founded 1923 ), and Louis B. Mayer Pictures (founded 1918 ). Louis B. Mayer became head of the study and Irving Thalberg production chief. Their motto is Ars Gratia Artis (art for art’s sake) and its emblem, created in 1928 , is a typical lion . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is not affiliated with MGM Mirage , MGM Distribution , MGM Resorts , MGM Grand Garden Arena or with MGM Grand Las Vegas . More