Talk:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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[edit] Motto

On the MGM site you say that the motto of MGM is “art for arts sake.” I don’t think that that is right: gratia is ‘free’ and is the same as gratis “without charge or recompense : FREE” “Ars Gratia Artis” is more likely to be “art free from the artist” in keeping with Louis B. Mayer’s enormous ego and his total lack of concern for the artists in his “pen.” Only his arrogance would have you believe he was so noble. Greed was his god. “...Mayer’s diet was his fellow man.” (By Herman J. Mankiewicz, and reported on you site.)24.86.105.144 03:53, 6 October 2005 (UTC)jparranto@yahoo.com

Yes, clearly the person who translated it doesn't know any Latin85.138.0.221 22:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
"Art for art's sake" is generally how the MGM motto has been translated into English, so whoever included the translation here is merely reporting the work of others. And according to the talk page for wikipedia's Latin proverbs, it is indeed correctly translated, with "artis" being the genitive form of art. See http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Latin_proverbs and scroll to the bottom of the page.

[edit] Distribution unit possibly dissolved?

It appears that now-sister studio Columbia Pictures has taken over the U.S. theatrical distribution of MGM films released after the Sony takeover such as Into the Blue...Ranma9617 22:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MGM ends DVD and TV distribution deal with Sony Pictures

http://hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002577675&imw=Y --(trogga) 01:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

  • What caused that to happen? King Shadeed 16:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


Well, it is true! 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release all the MGM flicks, as well as the DVD releases of the future seasons of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

Don't forget: MGM relaunched its TV unit after transfering its home entertainment unit from Sony Pictures to 20th. Don-Don 21:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MGM movies

There should be a list of all of the movies owned by MGM today. All include United Artists, American International Pictures, Filmways Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, etc. King Shadeed 17:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sony

Weren't they bought by Sony a few years ago? --Elven6 12:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About MGM

The company is referred to as either MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. All of MGM's trademarks are copyrighted under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. It's best to use that name. King Shadeed 15:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer etc. are registered trademarks of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lion Corporation (NOT Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.)

  • Sony, Comcast et al. own MGM Holdings, Inc.
    • MGM Holdings, Inc. owns Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. owns Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
        • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. owns Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. et al.
  • Guess again. They use MGM Studios overall. Check out the MGM website. Little times, they use MGM Lion Corp. On the new Pink Panther movie, it said "The Pink Panther is a trademark of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. King Shadeed 00:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Yeah i work at MGM...it's best to use Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. bucpp12 10 August 2006 (UTC)
  • You work for MGM? What position do you have for the company? King Shadeed 13:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] State of the article

I have done a general rewrite to address style questions, not content. Feel free to continue that work! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 18:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HDDVD or Blu-Ray?

Which one is MGM siding with? --Elven6 23:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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