Metro Pictures

Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. 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.

This article is about the motion picture production company. For the contemporary art gallery, see Metro Pictures Gallery.

Metro Pictures Corporation
IndustryFilm studio
PredecessorSolax Studios
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
Library:
Warner Bros.
(through Turner Entertainment Co.)
Public domain
HeadquartersHeidelberg Building,
New York City, New York
,
United States
Key people
Richard A. Rowland (President)
Louis B. Mayer (secretary)
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