we're off to see the Wizard page 1

we're off to see the Wizard page 1 by ric Gustafson


MGM Studios began in 1924. Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B Mayer became MGM. The studio was established in Culver City California near Los Angeles. MGM became one of the four major movie studios in Hollywood. The others were 20th Century Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros. Other studios in the area included Universal, Columbia and RKO.
The MGM Studios stretched across 185 acres. During World War II, around 4,000 employees kept the place going. Lot I sat on forty four acres. This included twenty eight sound stages and nearly two hundred permanent buildings. The main office building included publicity, casting, special effects, sound, and the commissary.
Lot II occupied thirty seven acres. Here were the animation department and various false front buildings. Lot III and IV included various period buildings, working zoo and parking lot. Lot V had stables and corrals for horses. Lot VI included the studio nursery. The studio ran on six day workweeks and released one movie per week. Profits soared until 1946 when movie attendance fell dramatically.


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