Metro Pictures
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This article is about the motion picture production company. For the contemporary art gallery, see Metro Pictures Gallery.
"Metro Studios" redirects here. For the Atlanta production studio, see Atlanta Metro Studios.
Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[1] It was purchased in 1919.
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Industry | Film studio |
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Predecessor | Solax Studios |
Founded | June 23, 1915; 108 years ago (1915-06-23) |
Founder | Richard A. Rowland George Grombacker Louis B. Mayer |
Defunct | April 17, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-04-17) |
Fate | Merged with Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Successors | Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library: Warner Bros. (through Turner Entertainment Co.) Public domain |
Headquarters | Heidelberg Building, , |
Key people | Richard A. Rowland (President) Louis B. Mayer (secretary) |
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