Moviegoers nowadays might not know much of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ history outside of its iconic mascot, a lion who introduced each film with it’s iconic roar. It was an introduction that was ...

Kenneth Turan’s splendid book about Hollywood titans Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg is the first in 50 years to tell their story in a single volume. Part of Yale University Press’ “Jewish Lives” ...

Daniel Mayer Selznick, a one-time television producer and preserver of film history who was also one of the last direct links to two of Hollywood’s most storied families, died Friday of natural causes ...

At the peak of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Golden Age of Hollywood, audiences knew the name of the studio on the silver screen signaled something wonderful was about to begin. “If they would go to a ...

As Kenneth Turan’s subtitle suggests, Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) were the entire equation when it came to turning motion pictures into profitable and prestigious ...

The grandest studio of Hollywood’s golden age was formed on April 17, 1924, as Metro-Goldwyn productions, using the names of just two of three merged companies. It took until January 1926 to add the ...