The Sony Pictures Studios are located on 10202 West Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California. They are bounded by Culver Boulevard (south), Washington Boulevard (north), Overland Avenue (West) and Madison (East) and is home to Sony Corporation’s Sony Pictures Entertainment division and its studios, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures. Motto: The Heart of Screenland Location of Culver City in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1917-09-07 [2] Government  - City Manager Jerry Fulwood [1] Area  - City  5. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Early history

The history of the studio began when two people accidentally met – Harry Culver, the founding father of Culver City and Thomas H. Ince, the father of the westerns. Culver saw Ince directing one of his westerns in La Ballona Creek. In an effort to enter the fledging movie business, Culver convinced Ince to move his studio operations from sunny Florida to Culver City and in 1915 the very first Culver City Studio began to take shape in the form of a Greek colonnade – the impressive entrance to Ince/Triangle Studios (From an aerial point of view the studios take a triangular shape). The colonnade is still standing today fronting Washington Boulevard and is a Culver City Historical landmark. Harry Hazel Culver (January 22, 1880 - August 17, 1946), real estate developer and promoter, was born in Milford, Nebraska, son of Jacob H. and Ada L. (Davison) Culver. ... Motto: The Heart of Screenland Location of Culver City in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1917-09-07 [2] Government  - City Manager Jerry Fulwood [1] Area  - City  5. ... Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882–November 20, 1924) was an American film director. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... A film studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Triangle Film Corporation a. ...

Ince added a few stages and an Administration Building before selling out to his partners D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett. Thomas Ince relocated down the street and built what would someday be the Culver Studios. By 1918 Triangle Studios was up for sale and attracted film producer Samuel Goldwyn who bought the studios where Howard Deitz created the Leo The Lion trademark for the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. Goldwyn also added a few sound stages before selling his shares in Goldwyn Studios. David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... The Culver Studios is a historic Colonial-styled movie studio located at 9336 W. Washington Blvd. ... Samuel Goldwyn (July 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879 [1]) – 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer, also a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Leo the Lion is the common nickname for The MGM logo, it was orignally used by Goldywn Films beofe it merged and became MGM. Category: ‪Film stubs‬ ... Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using a combination of both last names to create the name. ...

The Historic MGM Studios

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In 1924 Loews Inc. President Marcus Loew orchestrated the merger of three motion picture companies – The Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Studios and Louis B. Mayer Productions to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, adopting the Goldwyn Studio’s “Leo the Lion” trademark and occupying the Goldwyn production facilities in Culver City. Marcus Loew Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870–September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM. Born into a poor Jewish family in New York City, circumstances dictated he go to work at... The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as assets. ... Metro Studios, Culver City, CA. in 1918 Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Richard A. Rowland (1880-1947) and Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957). ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...

Under the helm of Louis B. Mayer and his "boy genius" of production, Irving G. Thalberg, MGM Studios became the most powerful motion picture studio in the world, boasting that it had “more stars than there are in heaven,” and churning out 52 motion pictures a year, from screen epics like Gone with the Wind (although it was shot in the Culver Studios), Ben-Hur, and Mutiny on the Bounty, to drawing-room dramas like Grand Hotel, Dinner At Eight, and Anna Karenina. But it was the glamorous Technicolor musicals like The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain and Gigi that MGM was known for. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899–September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... The epic film is a film genre typically featuring expensive production values and dramatic themes. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the most popular live-action version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. ... // Grand hotel is a term for a large and luxurious hotel, especially one built in a traditional architectural style. ... Dinner at Eight is a 1932 Broadway play written George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical Ruskii Vestnik (Russian: Русский Вестник, Russian Messenger). Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over issues that arose in the final installment. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, see The Wizard of Oz (adaptations). ... Singin in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald OConnor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also handling the choreography. ... Gigi is a 1958 motion picture musical set in Paris, France. ...

MGM’s enormous success led to six working studio lots, more than 180 acres including 28 sound stages – Stage 15 is the second largest sound stage in the world, and Stage 27 served as "Munchkinland" in the production of The Wizard of Oz. An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ...

In addition to the main production building, MGM added two large backlots – Lot 2 located opposite the main studio across Overland Avenue. Lot 3 entered the corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Overland Avenue and was MGM’s largest backlot. The new multi-million dollar administration building was inaugurated in 1938 and was named after Irving G. Thalberg, who had recently died.

As the first Golden Age of Hollywood ended so did MGM's prestige; the Paramount decisions of 1948 broke MGM's connection with its parent company, and it floundered while trying to manage its own affairs; the studio had always been nothing more than wholly owned subsidiary of its theater chain, Lowe's Incorporated. In 1969, Nevada millionaire Kirk Kerkorian (who was mainly interested in the name) bought MGM and proceeded to dismantle the legendary studio. MGM’s prized movie memorabilia was sold through an 18-day auction, and 38 acres of the studio’s backlots were sold. Lot 3, where The Bounty and The Cottonblossom once anchored and the St. Louis Sets in Meet Me In St. Louis stood, was bulldozed. Lot 2, where the Andy Hardy movies were shot and the New York Street for Singin' in the Rain stood, was sold to housing developments. Kerkorian funneled the money into constructing his hotel chain, the MGM Grand Hotels. The Golden Age of American animation is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and lasted into the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. ... United States v. ... Kerkor Kirk Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. ... Meet Me in St. ... Andy Hardy was a fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in an extremely successful MGM film series from 1937 to 1947. ... Categories: Stub | Casinos in the United States | Hotels of the United States | Las Vegas ...

In 1980s Kerkorian acquired the equally struggling United Artists, then sold the combined MGM/UA Studios to CNN founder Ted Turner who, after 74 days, sold MGM/UA back to Kirk Kerkorian while retaining the pre-1986 MGM film library. In 1986, The studio itself was sold to Lorimar Productions. After nearly six decades, the MGM sign and its Leo the Lion trademark came down from its Culver City Studio (many insiders felt that MGM metaphorically died) and moved across the street to the Filmland Building (now Sony Pictures Plaza) before their 1992 move to Santa Monica and finally settling in Century City. The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Leo the Lion in the MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, was, until 2005, a media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Lorimar was an American television production company, active from 1968-1993. ...

Sony Pictures Studios

When Warner Bros acquired all the assets of Lorimar, Sony Pictures (the holding company of Columbia/Tri-Star) purchased the grand old MGM Studios from Warner Bros in 1990. It went through three-year comprehensive plan as it transitioned to the state-of-the-art 45-acre Sony Pictures Studios. It took appropriately from 1992 to 1997 to complete Sony Pictures. A majority of the workforce (elecrican, lighter, camera crews, writing staff and etc) was returning from Desert Shield/Desert Storm. At that time, saw the closure of several bases and commands to support the business growth of the area.

By the time Sony acquired the property, the studio went without so much without a coat of paint, but they invested $100 million to refurbish and restore the studio some of its original brilliance. All buildings were repainted; some have been named after film luminaries like Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Rita Hayworth, Burt Lancaster and so on. New walls were put up, they even restored the original ironwork gates fronting Washington Blvd. Nostalgic art-deco and false fronts on main street plus hand painted murals of old and new Columbia movies posters were added making this decrepit Culver City Studio one of the most attractive in Hollywood.

The "new" studio has one of the best post-production facilities available and it is open to the public for tours. Although not as busy as the old days, the studio continued to film a few TV sitcoms such as The King of Queens, Living with Fran, but both have ended production, as well as videotape game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! The King of Queens is an Emmy nominated, American comedy series that ran for nine seasons, from 1998 until 2007. ... Living With Fran was an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jeopardy! is a popular international television quiz game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ...

Taped game shows

• Wheel of Fortune (1995-present)
• Jeopardy! (1996-present)
• Wheel 2000 (1997-1998)
• Jep! (1998-1999)
• Pyramid (2002-2004)
• Russian Roulette (2002)

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External links

• Sony Pictures Studios
• SPE Post Production
• Studio Lot History

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