Metro Pictures

This article is about the motion picture production company. For the contemporary art gallery, see Metro Pictures Gallery.
"Metro Studios" redirects here. For the Atlanta production studio, see Atlanta Metro Studios.

Metro Pictures Corporation
IndustryFilm studio
PredecessorThe Oz Film Manufacturing Company (Original)
FoundedJune 23, 1915 (1915-06-23)
FounderRichard A. Rowland
George Grombacker
Louis B. Mayer
DefunctApril 17, 1924 (1924-04-17)
FateMerged with Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
SuccessorsStudio:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Amazon MGM Studios
Library: Public domain
HeadquartersHeidelberg Building,
New York City, New York
,
United States
Key people
Richard A. Rowland (President)
Louis B. Mayer (secretary)

Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was purchased in 1919.

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