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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: TWO-FACED WOMAN

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1941, M-G-M released TWO FACED WOMAN. Directed by GEORGE CUKOR and originally condemned by the National Legion of Decency for immoral attitudes and suggestive scenes, this romantic drama provided star turns for GRETA GARBO, MERVYN DOUGLAS and CONSTANCE BENNETT. Just one more brick in GARBO’s road to ...
  3 days ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1956, M-G-M released the controversial TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON. Directed by DANIEL MANN and based on the hit Broadway play of the same name, this film featured stand-out  performances by GLENN FORD and MARLON BRANDO. Never ‘politically correct’, the movie still managed to captivate audiences. ...
  4 days ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: NETWORK

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1976, M-G-M released NETWORK. Directed by SIDNEY LUMET from a script by PADDY CHAYEFSKY, this cynical look at society and network television is as remarkable for it’s brilliant performances as it is for it’s prescience. Of all the kudos the film received, PETER FINCH’S Oscar win was, hands down, ...
  6 days ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: KISS ME KATE

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1953, M-G-M released KISS ME KATE. Directed by GEORGE SIDNEY and based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, this show had the distinction of cantaining some of the greatest songs COLE PORTER ever wrote (and that’s saying something).  A post-modern re-telling of SHAKESPEARE’S classic TAMING ...
  1 week ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: KING SOLOMON’S MINES

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1950, M-G-M released KING SOLOMON’S MINES. Directed by COMPTON BENNETT and ANDREW MARTON, this telling of the ALLAN QUARTERMAIN action/adventure/romance was a spectacular epic for it’s time. The perfect cast included STUART GRANGER, DEBORAH KERR, RICHARD CARLSON and HUGO HAAS. Every bit as exciting ...
  1 week ago

• Peace on earth

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 146
  Peace on Earth is a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short subject directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated by animals.Peace on earth is a post from: Better World Movement Peace on earth is a post from: Better World Movement
  2 weeks ago

• MGM celebrates 85 years of filmmaking

  
  Film Fetish — Authority: 145
  Clint Eastwood in the Sergio Leone classic western The Good The Bad and The Ugly Everyone’s been talking about the hard times MGM now faces, so I was excited to find out about something positive. And since I’ve been discussing Video-On-Demand more (VOD), I thought it would be a good idea to share this info. In ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Icahn Swooping Down on MGM?

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  Is Carl C. Icahn buying Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bonds "like a bat out of hell"? Deadline Hollywood cited one film financing source as saying that the billionaire investor was snapping them up.
  2 weeks ago

• Burdened by Billions in Debt, MGM Puts Itself Up for Sale

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, crumbling under the weight of almost $4 billion in debt, said late Friday that it would seek a buyer.
  2 weeks ago

• Burdened by Billions in Debt, MGM Puts Itself Up for Sale

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Estimates for the studio, which owns a 4,000-title film library, range from $1.5 billion to almost $3 billion.
  2 weeks ago

• Struggling studio MGM says looking for buyer

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Struggling movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is looking for a buyer.
  2 weeks ago

• MGM Sounds a Death Rattle; Auctions Imminent

  
  Atomic Popcorn | Movie Reviews | Movie News | Trailers — Authority: 577
  Not long ago, we told you about MGM’s impending financial crisis which threatened the life of the company, as well as the franchises that MGM holds. It seems that the situation has only gotten more dire for the studio: Variety is reporting that they will essentially be auctioning off all of their assets within the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mouse reshuffles, Leo the lion on the block, and other tales

  
  Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog — Authority: 482
  * In the real world Obama appears to be rethinking Afghanistan; in the cable TV world Lou Dobbs is relieving CNN of his xenophobia and is threatening to go into politics while The Onion has the real scoop. Meanwhile in the movie world, Disney’s new chairman, Rich Ross, is reorganizing . It sounds as if ...
  3 weeks ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 599
  On this day in 1951, M-G-M released one of the greatest American movie musicals of all-time with AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI (Liza’s dad) from a story by ALAN JAY LERNER, this technicolor miracle starred GENE KELLY, LESLIE CARON, OSCAR LEVANT and NINA FOCH. Delightfully staged and acted, this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Summit: To Buy or Be Bought?

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  At time when many small independent film studios are struggling to stay in business, Summit Entertainment, the start-up studio behind the "Twilight" franchise, is hoping to take its business to the next level by expanding.
  4 weeks ago

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