The Fall of MGM - How A Hollywood Giant Was Sold For Scraps

A look back at the 100-year history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and the successes and failures that defined their time in Hollywood. How did MGM define the early days of Hollywood? What behind the scenes drama shaped them into the studio we know them to be? And how did things go so wrong over the course of a century that the MGM we know was broken into pieces over and over again? It's the story of a Hollywood giant that was sold for scraps.

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