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unusual facts about Metro-Goldwyn Mayer



1947 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season

The Racine Belles won the tournament and received a commemorative trophy from Esther Williams, American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.

Castro Street

Castro Street Station, a Muni Metro underground station in San Francisco

Channel 23

DWAC-TV, the flagship television station of ABS-CBN Sports+Action channel 23 in Metro Manila, Philippines

Clark Bautista

In the Philippine Collegiate Champions League later that year, Bautista would play a key part in the Tigers run in the tournament as they first won the Metro Manila-Luzon tournament by defeating both the Letran Knights and the Adamson Soaring Falcons to enter into the PCCL Final Four with the Ateneo Blue Eagles, San Beda Red Lions and the Southwestern U Cobras.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

DMRC Training Institute in Shastri Park, Delhi is used for training staff and executives of metro rail operators in India.

Ettington

The manor house, which can trace its origins back to the Domesday Book, is now the Ettington Park Hotel owned by the Shirley Family and leased to Hand Picked Hotels, and was featured in MGM's 1963 horror film The Haunting.

European Film Fund

A lot of people get jobs in the film industry (esp. at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Brothers)as screen-writers.

Expresso Tiradentes

On April 28, 2009, Mayor Gilberto Kassab and Governor José Serra announced an agreement to amend the project, now to be called Metrô Leve Expresso Tiradentes.

Fairlane Town Center

The mall is one of four super-regional Taubman malls built in the Detroit metro area in the 1970s, the other three being Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor (1973), Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights (1976) and Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi (1977).

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya

The Funicular de Vallvidrera, connecting a station on the Metro del Vallès suburban line to the top of the Tibidabo hill.

Ford EcoBoost 300

The 1995 event was the first race held at the newly opened Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsport Complex, and was covered by CBS from 1995–97.

Geo Metro

Partially because of the renewed interest in the Metro, the July 2009 issue of Car and Driver included a base model 1998 Chevrolet Metro 3-door hatchback among vehicles tested for fuel efficiency alongside two hybrid models: the redesigned Honda Insight and Toyota Prius models.

Harlem Valley State Hospital

It is located on NY 22/55 opposite the Harlem Valley-Wingdale station on the Metro-North Harlem Line.

History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit

By 2007 Metro Detroit, if defined as Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties had the United States's largest Arab American population, larger than that of Greater Los Angeles if that region was defined as Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.

Huckleberry Hound

In 1953 Tex Avery created a character named Southern Wolf for his MGM cartoons The Three Little Pups and Billy Boy.

Irarrázaval metro station

Irarrázaval metro station has been proposed as a transfer station for the new Line 3, which will run between to-be-built stations Huechuraba to the northeast and Larraín to the east of Santiago, including existing stations Universidad de Chile and Plaza Egaña.

Janakpuri

In recent years, the Delhi Metro has grown at a rapid pace, with three metro-stations in Janakpuri (Uttam Nagar East, Janakpuri East and Janakpuri West) on the Dwarka-Noida line.

Jerry's Cousin

Jerry's Cousin is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 57th Tom and Jerry short made in 1950 on April 7 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Short Cartoon, but lost to Gerald McBoing-Boing, a UPA production.

K-class ferry

Both the Kulleet and the Klatawa were owned and operated by Metro Vancouver's Transportation Authority, TransLink, and they ran the Albion ↔ Fort Langley route on the Fraser River, between the Maple Ridge suburb of Albion on the North, to McMillan Island in Fort Langley, to the south.

Kiev Metro

Possibly one of the most ambitious projects, but nonetheless a very important one, the fourth line of the Kiev Metro will connect the northern Troieschyna districts of the left bank with the future business centre of Rybalskiy Island on the Dnieper River, from there it will continue into the Podil region.

Les Lilas

Les Lilas is known for the hit 1958 song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station.

Maceió Metro

Design of the Metro connects Maceió with two cities in the metropolitan area, Rio Largo and Satuba.

Marc Musso

He is the younger brother of Disney actor and singer Mitchel Musso and the lead singer of Metro Station Mason Musso.

McNeil, Texas

Freight operations on Cap Metro are operated under contract by Austin Western Railroad.

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ is a religious organization for young people in Maryland, United States.

Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver controls the Cleveland Dam on the Capilano reservoir, which supplies 40 percent of the district's water.

Metro: Last Light

The game is set in a post-apocalyptic Moscow, part of the universe of the novel Metro 2033 and its sequels, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, but does not follow any direct storylines from the books.

Muntaner station

During peak periods, additional services are provided by lines S5 and S55 of the Metro del Vallès system, whilst service on line L6 is reduced or removed altogether.

NFilm HD

Station is airing films and television series from the label Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks and also MGM, TVN and independent labels.

Northwest Corridor

Northwest Corridor HOV/BRT, a reversible-lane widening of Interstate 75 in northwestern metro Atlanta

Nørreport Station

Located in fare zone 1, it serves lines M1 and M2 of the Metro, most S-train lines, regional trains to Helsingør, intercity trains to Esbjerg and international trains to Malmö and Gothenburg, Sweden, and trains to other places, but not express trains.

Orange Cinéma Séries

Content is provided by exclusive contracts with Warner Bros., HBO, MGM and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts with Gaumont, SND, BAC and Wild Side.

Passage SAS

At the same time, the brand developed construction applications, in particular by supplying the nosing for the Paris metro steps and equipping the pedestrian zones in cities such as Lyon, Lille and Bordeaux.

Pigskin Champions

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was a part of the "Pete Smith Specialties" series.

Pragati Maidan metro station

It services the Pragati Maidan Exhibition center and is also the current nearest Metro station to the nearby ITO office area as well as the Supreme Court of India.

Robert April

When Roddenberry submitted his first proposal for Star Trek to MGM Studios in 1964, his name for the starship commander was "Robert M. April" (another name, Captain James Winter, was also considered).

Slussen metro station

Originally opened in 1933 as an underground tram stop, in 1950 it became the terminal of the first metro line running south to Hökarängen, it was again rebuilt in 1957 when the line north to Hötorget was opened.

Standardbred

Some of the major pacing races in North America include the Woodrow Wilson and Metro Stake for two-year-olds, and the Little Brown Jug, Meadowlands Pace, North America Cup and the Adios Pace for three-year-olds.

Ted Gerela

His brothers were also professional kickers; Roy Gerela with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Metro Gerela briefly with the Montreal Alouettes (Metro is enshrined in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.) In 1993, his nephew Ted Gerela was drafted in the 7th round of the 1993 CFL Draft by the BC Lions as a linebacker from Rocky Mountain College.

The Five O'Clock Girl

In 1928, Marion Davies and Joel McCrea starred in a screen adaptation directed by Robert Z. Leonard for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but it never was released, possibly because William Randolph Hearst objected to his mistress Davies portraying a common shopgirl in her first sound film.

The Godless Girl

Actor Fritz Feld filmed the sound sequences without DeMille's supervision since DeMille had already broken his contract with Pathé, and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Tuks Senganga

The production style and quality was leaps ahead of Mafoko A Me and the leading single "Monate Thwa" saw the album flying off shelves,and another SAMA nod in the form of a nomination for the Best Hip Hop album and a Metro FM Award win tagged along on Tuks' journey as a respected hip hop lyricist.

Tullio Avoledo

The last novel by Avoledo is Metro 2033: Le radici del cielo, written for the Metro 2033 Universe project set up by Dmitry Glukhovski.

Victor Mitchell

Mitchell has also served on the boards of the Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Better Business Bureau.

Wallace Barnes

Barnes has also been a director of nearly twenty companies and groups, including the Metro Hartford Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturer’s Association of Hartford (and was also president from 1965-1968), the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, the Loctite Corporation, the Rogers Corporation, and many others.

WATC-DT

It has also received a construction permit for a fill-in broadcast translator in Union City, Georgia (southwestern metro Atlanta) on channel 36, which was vacated by analog WATL TV.

Weber School

The Doris and Alex Weber Jewish Community High School, formerly New Atlanta Jewish Community High School, is a trans-denominational Jewish high school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, a suburban Atlanta-metro area city.

West Monkseaton Metro station

West Monkseaton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Monkseaton, North Tyneside, England, which was originally opened by the LNER in 1933.

WFMG

However, this may change as another pending frequency move -- WKSW Urbana into the Dayton metro -- may have further impact on the station's reception to the east of Richmond if approved.

X'Trapolis 100

As a result Metro took the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to the federal industrial tribunal.


see also

1944 World Series

Coincidentally, this World Series was played the same year Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film Meet Me in St. Louis.

Adrienne Fazan

She worked on many MGM films, including The Tell-Tale Heart (1941), Anchors Aweigh (1945), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and Kismet (1955).

Alec Lorimore

Previous to his involvement in the Imax industry he worked for over ten years as a screenwriter, and wrote a number of feature film scripts which were either purchased or commissioned by the major studios, including Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Paramount Pictures, and worked with such producers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Taplin, Ray Stark, and Steve Tisch.

Anamorphic widescreen

MGM: "Enhanced for 16:9 TVs" or "Enhanced for Widescreen TVs;" includes aspect ratio since 2001; uses Fox’s format since 2004.

Anna Seghers

It was published in the United States in 1942 and produced as a movie in 1944 by MGM starring Spencer Tracy.

Arthur Loew, Jr.

His paternal grandfather, Marcus Loew, founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Loew's Theaters, and his father, Arthur Loew Sr., was a president of M-G-M.

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven is a 2006 dramatic film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Agnieszka Holland which gives a fictional take on the triumphs and heartaches of Ludwig van Beethoven's last years.

Danjaq

John Cork claims that in exchange for the sale, MGM/UA received an exclusive distribution deal with Danjaq that is far more lucrative than when the shares were originally owned by Broccoli and Saltzman.

Dishonored Lady

In 1936, a US Federal Court said that the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Letty Lynton (1932), based on a novel by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, also plagiarized the Sheldon-Barnes play Dishonored Lady.

Fayard Nicholas

He, along with his brother Harold, made up the Nicholas Brothers tap-dance duo who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Hard Four (2007).

Flight Angels

Lockheed Model 12A Electra Junior subbing for the "stratosphere ship." Lockheed 12A, registration number NC17342, was owned by Lang Transportation, Las Vegas, Nevada, and was also used in the 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Rosalie, Happy Landing (1938) and Secret Service of the Air (1938).

Funny Face

The film is jokingly regarded as the first (and only) M-G-M musical made at Paramount Studios since Roger Edens was the producer, Stanley Donen was the director, and quite a few of the staff members under the Arthur Freed Unit at Metro (including Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger, and Skip Martin), along with Astaire and Kay Thompson, were brought over to Paramount to make this film.

General Joseph Colton

The movie was released on March 28, 2013 through collaboration of Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Gustav Berg-Jæger

After resigning in protest from Kringkastingselskapet he worked as an actor as well as in the Norwegian branches of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures.

Hangmen Also Die!

He decided against it, but the poem does appear in MGM's film about Heydrich, Hitler's Madman (1943).

Hard Luck Duck

Although he was a producer on many Hanna-Barbera titles until his death in 2001, Hard Luck Duck is notable for being, with fellow What a Cartoon! short Wind-Up Wolf, the last cartoons written and directed by William Hanna, whose career began in the Golden Age of American animation at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) with the short To Spring! (1936) and his later Tom and Jerry series.

Herbert Bunston

Following his success in these last two plays, he signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jimmy Hawkins

His first roles—as a two-year-old—were uncredited – Spencer Tracy's The Seventh Cross and Lana Turner's Marriage Is A Private Affair at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

John Hanbury-Williams

In 1934 he appeared as a witness in Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia’s famous and successful libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Limited following the release in England of the film Rasputin, the Mad Monk (USA title: Rasputin and the Empress).

John M. Nickolaus, Jr.

Nickolaus began his career as a camera operator for MGM in the late 1940s.

Le Mat Trophy

The trophy was donated by the founding father of ice hockey in Sweden, Raoul Le Mat, and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. in 1926.

MGM Animation/Visual Arts

It is noted for productions such as the last series of Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts, the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, all released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Neil S. McCarthy

Among his clients were Paramount Pictures and well-known personalities such as producer Cecil B. DeMille, MGM Studios boss Louis B. Mayer, and actors Ginger Rogers, Joan Bennett, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, and Ava Gardner.

Official Films

The human Tom and Jerry characters were renamed "Dick and Larry" to avoid confusion with the cat and mouse Tom and Jerry from MGM.

Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia

Later the family lived from the proceeds of a lawsuit they won against MGM for making a 1932 movie called Rasputin and the Empress.

Red Bull New Year No Limits

Early promotions indicated that New Year No Limits was presented by MGM, the distributor of the upcoming mockumentary release The Poughkeepsie Tapes.

Remembrance Rock

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had announced, in 1941, a film "American Cavalcade" that was to star Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, playing husband-and-wife teams from different periods of American history.

Sam Katzman

He is noted for numerous westerns of the '30s, his Bela Lugosi and East Side Kids features of the '40s, the 15-chapter Superman serial of 1948 and a string of rock-'n'-roll musicals in the '50s. At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the '60s Katzman produced several Elvis Presley films and singer Roy Orbison's only film, The Fastest Guitar Alive.

Sensations of 1945

It was Powell's first and only non-MGM film after becoming a star at MGM nearly a decade earlier; it was also her final starring role in a film, after which she would only make a cameo in MGM's Duchess of Idaho in 1950 and some unused footage of her would appear in a 1946 MGM compilation, The Great Morgan.

SF Norge

SF has also signed distribution deals with other large companies such as New Line Cinema, MGM and Revolution Studios.

Tamara Johansen

First Lieutenant Tamara Johansen, USAF (also known as T.J.) is a fictional character in the Canadian-American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Syfy television series Stargate Universe, a military science fiction serial drama about the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship Destiny, which is travelling in a distant corner of the universe.

The Gate of the Year

The poem was included in the closing moments of the 1940 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Frank Borzage film The Mortal Storm, starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Robert Young.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

The Prizefighter and the Lady is a 1933 black-and-white Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film starring Myrna Loy and famous professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey.

The Wedding in Monaco

The 31-minute color CinemaScope film was directed by Jean Masson and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Kelly’s film studio before her retirement from acting.

Thea Foss

The Arthur Foss, one of the oldest wooden-hulled tugboats afloat in the United States, was cast by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio to play in this production.

Two on the Aisle

The project marked Comden and Green's return to Broadway following their successful reign at MGM (where they penned the classic Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon, among others) and their first teaming with composer Styne.

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes and May Robson.

William J. Humphrey

In the late silent era, Humphrey, with other original Vitagraph actors such as Florence Turner, Maurice Costello, and Flora Finch, was kept on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer payroll for expert playing of character roles.