什麼是米高梅影片公司

全名Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

美國企業和電影製片廠。1920年電影院老闆與發行人洛伊（M. Loew）買進米特羅影片公司，該企業即告成立，1924年與高德溫製片公司合併，1925年加進梅耶影片公司。梅耶擔任行政主管達二十五年之久，聘有製片經理索爾伯格協助他。1930年代和1940年代爲其顛峯時期，旗下幾乎簽了所有好萊塢的銀幕紅星。所拍攝的熱門影片包括《大飯店》（1932）、《大地》（1937）、《費城故事》（1940）、《煤氣燈下》（1944）、《柏油森林》（1950）、《賓漢》（1926～1927,1959）、《齊瓦哥醫生》（1965）、《2001太空漫遊》（1968）等。米高梅公司尤以拍攝豪華大場面的音樂歌舞片着稱，包括《綠野仙蹤》（1939）、《復活節遊行》（1948）、《錦城春色》（1949）、《花都舞影》（1951）、《萬花嬉春》（1952）、《金粉世界》（1958）。1950年代公司開始走下坡，1970年代賣掉許多資產，並開始兼營旅館和賭場等多角化經營，後來併入聯美公司，改稱MGM/UA Entertainment。1986年爲特納所收購，他再賣掉一些製片和發片單位。由於各種股權的交易轉讓導致1992年被裏昂信貸銀行收購，它恢復了米高梅影片公司原名。後來又賣給了特瑞新達企業（Tracinda Corp.）。

MGM

U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Louis B. Mayer was executive head of the studio for 25 years, assisted by production manager Irving Thalberg. It reached its peak in the 1930s and '40s, when it had most of Hollywood's famous stars under contract. It produced such hits as Grand Hotel (1932), The Good Earth (1937), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Ben-Hur (1959), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). It was especially celebrated for its lavish musicals, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and Gigi (1958). MGM began to decline in the 1950s and sold off many of its assets in the 1970s. It diversified into hotels and casinos and later merged with United Artists Corp. as MGM/UA Entertainment. In 1986 it was bought by Ted Turner, who resold the production and distribution units. Various transfers of ownership led to its purchase in 1992 by Crédit Lyonnais, which restored the name MGM Inc. It was subsequently bought by Tracinda Corp.