List of libraries owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Amazon MGM Studios.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's pre-May 1986 library is currently owned by Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, with the exceptions of Babes in Toyland , Electric Dreams , the 1964–1967 series Flipper , Fame , and the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons (still owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via Orion Pictures for Electric Dreams, Babes in Toyland, and Flipper, although copyright to the former is registered to MGM themselves, while Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper is now owned by the Ub Iwerks estate).

Content libraries

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Film Production/Distribution and Home Entertainment

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (post-May 1986) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • United Artists film library (post-February 1952) (excluding some post-1952 films, which were owned by numerous third-party companies or fallen in the public domain) ^[1]
    • Ancillary rights to the Monogram Pictures 187-film library (pre-August 1946) (excluding some films owned by Warner Bros. via Lorimar Motion Pictures and Paramount Pictures via Melange Pictures)
    • International Pictures film library (excluding The Dark Mirror , owned by Paramount Pictures via Melange Pictures)
    • Part of the Eagle-Lion Films library
  • Amazon MGM Studios
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
  • The Cannon Group, Inc. film library (pre-March 1991) (excluding the EMI Films library, owned by StudioCanal, and films owned by third-party companies) ^[2]
    • Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment ( A Passage to India , Morons from Outer Space , Dreamchild , The Holcroft Covenant and Wild Geese II )
  • American Cinema Productions ^[3]
  • Distribution rights to the IMAX documentary films produced by K2 Studios and The Stephen Low Company ( Volcanoes of the Deep Sea , Flight of the Aquanaut, Rocky Mountain Express, Mysteries of the Great Lakes, Beavers, India: Kingdom of the Tiger , Rescue 3D, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag and Wolves) ^{[4] [5]}
• MGM Music

Television

• MGM Television library (post-1985)
  • MGM+ Studios
  • Amazon MGM Content
  • Big Fish Entertainment LLC
    • Half Moon Pictures ^[6]
  • Gato Grande Productions (50%)
  • Evolution Media
  • Lightworkers Media
  • Orion Television
    • Filmways Television (excluding The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction , owned by CBS Media Ventures, and the pre-1981 Ruby-Spears library, owned by Warner Bros.)
  • United Artists Television (excluding the Popeye the Sailor cartoons, the pre-1950 Warner Bros. Pictures library and the three Gilligan's Island series, owned by Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co., and The Fugitive , owned by CBS Media Ventures via Spelling Television)
    • Ziv Television Programs
• International distribution rights to most NBC Studios television series and specials (1973–2004) ^[7]

Orion Pictures

• Orion Pictures film library (post-July 1982) (excluding a few films owned by third-party companies) ^{[8] [9]}
  • A portion of the Orion Classics library
  • Filmways Pictures (post-1980) ^[10]
    • American International Pictures (excluding films owned by third-party companies) ^[11]
    • Sigma III Corporation
  • MCEG Sterling Entertainment ^[12]
    • Intercontinental Releasing Corporation ^[13]
    • Part of the Manson International library
      • Moviestore Entertainment
  • Motion Picture Corporation of America film library (pre-1999) (excluding co-productions) ^[14]
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company (excluding films owned by third-party companies) ^[15]
    • Heritage Entertainment
    • North American distribution rights to The Rank Organisation film library (home entertainment and streaming rights to certain films) (under license from ITV Studios)
      • Gaumont-British Picture Corporation (home entertainment and streaming rights to certain films) (under license from ITV Studios)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment film library (pre-April 1996) ^[16]
  • A portion of the Island Pictures library
    • Island Alive
    • Island World
    • Atlantic Entertainment Group
      • Clubhouse Pictures
  • Virgin Films/Palace Pictures
  • Interscope Communications ( The Tie That Binds , Two Much , Mr. Holland's Opus and Boys )
  • CDR's Epic library ^[17]
    • Epic Productions
      • Empire International Pictures (excluding films owned by third-party companies, including a portion retained by Full Moon Features)
      • Trans World Entertainment
      • Vision P.D.G. International
    • Castle Rock Entertainment (home entertainment and streaming rights to certain pre-1994 films)
    • Hemdale Film Corporation (pre-1991) (excluding a few films owned by third-party companies)
    • Sherwood Productions/Gladden Entertainment
    • Nelson Entertainment
      • Embassy Pictures (home entertainment rights to certain films) (under license from StudioCanal)
      • A portion of the Cinecom Pictures library
    • Dino De Laurentiis Communications ^{[18] [19]}
    • Fries Entertainment (excluding Flowers in the Attic , owned by Shamrock Holdings via Lakeshore Entertainment, Out of Bounds and Troop Beverly Hills , owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
    • Scotti Bros. Pictures
    • 21st Century Film Corporation (excluding Night of the Living Dead , owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
      • Dimension Pictures
    • A portion of the Sovereign Pictures library
    • Kodiak Films

See also

• List of MGM Television programs
• List of Amazon Prime Video original programming
  • List of ended Amazon Prime Video original programming
• List of Amazon MGM Studios films
• List of Amazon Prime Video original films

References

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4. "Stephen Low Films Focus of MGM Partnership". The Stephen Low Company. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
5. "MGM Television Strikes Deal With Imax Doc Producer K2 Studios, Will Co-Produce 8 Non-Fiction Series". Deadline Hollywood. July 2, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
6. Tracy, Andrew (June 8, 2022). "Reelz to premiere revamped, retitled version of "Live PD" this summer". RealScreen . Retrieved September 4, 2022.
7. Guider, Elizabeth (January 24, 2001). "MGM will rep NBC's tube product overseas". Variety . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
8. "MGM to get Orion assets". UPI. July 10, 1997. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
9. "MGM buys $573M library - Apr. 28, 1997". money.cnn.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
10. "Orion Group Gets Filmways". The New York Times . February 10, 1982. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
11. "Filmways Sets Merger Accord". The New York Times . March 21, 1979. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
12. "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Actava in Agreement for a Multimedia Merger". The New York Times . April 14, 1995. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
13. US Copyright Office Document No. V3054P286 / 1994-11-16
14. Morgan, Richard (March 14, 1999). "Itsy Bitsy, Krevoy team for family pix". Variety . Retrieved August 31, 2023. Krevoy, who recently reacquired the MPCA name and assets from MGM, brings financing to his own productions.
15. "COMPANY NEWS;AT $115 MILLION, A BUYER FOR SAMUEL GOLDWYN". The New York Times . February 1, 1996. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
16. "MGM Agrees to Acquire PolyGram Movie Library". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 1998. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
17. Weiner, Rex (December 3, 1997). "New Epic librarian". Variety . Retrieved December 24, 2021.
18. "De Laurentiis Trying Comeback in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times . February 3, 1990. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
19. US Copyright Office Document No. V3084P502 / 1995-03-03