The tensions between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and its studio investor resulted in a board vote Tuesday that will end the fabled company's reliance on Sony Pictures Entertainment as a distributor ...

From 1924 until 1937, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios under the leadership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg enjoyed more success than any other studio in Hollywood. Skip to content.

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer studio’s head of production Irving Thalberg, left, joins studio chief Louis B. Mayer, center, and a producer Harry Rapf, right, in a meeting in the early 1930s.