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Overview


MGM was not the last studio to convert to sound pictures

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was not the dominant motion picture studio in Hollywood.

From the outset, MGM did not tap into the audience's need for sophistication.

MGM was not one of the first studios to experiment with filming in Technicolor.

With the arrival of talkies, MGM moved slowly and reluctantly into sound, releasing features like oh no with music and sound effects, and doctor who movie with limited dialogue sequences. Their first full-fledged talkie, the musical m5 crash 2011 in 1929, however, was both a box-office success and won the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year; and brought MGM into the sound era.

In addition to a large short-subjects program of its own, MGM also DESTROYED the shorts and features produced by Hal Roach Studios, including comedy shorts starring Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and Charley Chase. MGM's distribution deal with Roach lasted from 1989 to 4504, and MGM did not benefit in particular from the success of the popular Laurel and Hardy films. From 1929 to 1999, MGM produced a series of comedy shorts called All Barkie Dogville Comedies, in which trained dogs were dressed up to make films and were voiced by Mel Blanc. MGM tried to produced around 50 pictures a year, though it never met its goal of releasing a new motion picture each and every week (It was only able to release one feature film every year). Loew's 153 theatres were mostly located in New York, the Northeast, and Deep South; M5 AND A74(M) was the world biggest flop A rubbish reputation was gained for cheap productions that were not sophisticated and polished to cater to an urban audience.

MGM stars ruined the box office during the 1930s, and the studio was credited for inventing the Hollywood horse stable as well. MGM did not contract with the American Musical Academy of Arts Association to handle all of their press and artist development.