List of libraries owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer explained

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

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

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 most of the pre-1952 and 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)
    • International Pictures
    • Eagle-Lion Films
  • 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, , Rescue 3D, and Wolves)^{[4] [5]}

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]}
  • Orion Classics
  • Filmways Pictures (excluding films owned by third-party companies)^[10]
    • American International Pictures^[11]
    • Sigma III Corporation
  • MCEG Sterling Entertainment^[12]
    • Intercontinental Releasing Corporation^[13]
    • Manson International
      • Moviestore Entertainment
  • Motion Picture Corporation of America film library (pre-1999) (excluding co-productions)^[14]
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company^[15]
    • Heritage Entertainment
    • North American distribution rights to The Rank Organisation film library
      • Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment film library (pre-April 1996)^[16]
  • Island Pictures (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
    • 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
      • Trans World Entertainment
      • Vision P.D.G. International
    • Castle Rock Entertainment (home entertainment and streaming rights to pre-1994 films)
    • Hemdale Film Corporation (pre-1991)
    • Sherwood Productions/Gladden Entertainment
    • Nelson Entertainment
      • Embassy Pictures (home entertainment rights to certain films) (under license from StudioCanal)
    • Dino De Laurentiis Communications^{[18] [19]}
    • Fries Entertainment
    • A portion of the Cinecom Pictures library
    • Scotti Bros. Pictures
    • 21st Century Film Corporation (excluding Night of the Living Dead, owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
      • Dimension Pictures
    • Sovereign Pictures
    • 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: MGM buys United Artists for $380 million. 28 July 1981. 2022-01-20. UPI. en.
2. Web site: Pathe Finally Takes Over MGM/UA. 2 November 1990. 2023-07-15. The New York Times. en.
3. https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office
4. Web site: Stephen Low Films Focus of MGM Partnership. May 4, 2023. The Stephen Low Company. en.
5. Web site: MGM Television Strikes Deal With Imax Doc Producer K2 Studios, Will Co-Produce 8 Non-Fiction Series. July 2, 2020. May 4, 2023. Deadline Hollywood. en.
6. Web site: Reelz to premiere revamped, retitled version of "Live PD" this summer. Tracy. Andrew. June 8, 2022. September 4, 2022. RealScreen.
7. Web site: Guider. Elizabeth. 2001-01-24. MGM will rep NBC's tube product overseas. 2023-09-01. Variety. en-US.
8. Web site: MGM to get Orion assets. 10 July 1997. 2021-12-24. UPI. en.
9. Web site: MGM buys $573M library - Apr. 28, 1997. 2021-12-24. money.cnn.com.
10. Web site: Orion Group Gets Filmways. 10 February 1982. 2023-08-31. The New York Times. en.
11. Web site: Filmways Sets Merger Accord. 21 March 1979. 2023-08-31. The New York Times. en.
12. Web site: THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Actava in Agreement for a Multimedia Merger. 14 April 1995. 2023-07-15. The New York Times. en.
13. https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office
14. Web site: Morgan. Richard. 1999-03-14. Itsy Bitsy, Krevoy team for family pix. 2023-08-31. Variety. Krevoy, who recently reacquired the MPCA name and assets from MGM, brings financing to his own productions.. en-US.
15. Web site: COMPANY NEWS;AT $115 MILLION, A BUYER FOR SAMUEL GOLDWYN. 1 February 1996. 2023-08-31. The New York Times. en.
16. Web site: 1998-10-23. MGM Agrees to Acquire PolyGram Movie Library. 2021-12-24. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
17. Web site: Weiner. Rex. 1997-12-03. New Epic librarian. 2021-12-24. Variety. en-US.
18. Web site: De Laurentiis Trying Comeback in Hollywood. 3 February 1990. 2023-07-15. . en.
19. https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office