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Dick, B. F. (2018). That was Entertainment The Golden Age of the MGM Musical. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. Eames, J. D. (1975). The MGM Story The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years. NY: Crown Publishers INC. New York.

The Wizard of Oz is a film directed by Victor Fleming about a girl named Dorothy played by the very well known Judy Garland who is from Kansas and it is hit by a tornado in her hometown and is taken along with her dog, Toto to a magical place called Oz. All Dorothy wantedContinue reading “The Wizard of Oz”

West Side Story is a musical based off the famous love story and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. But instead the star crossed lovers are Tony and Maria. Tony is from an american gang called the Jets and Maria is the younger sister of the leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Sharks. The JetsContinue reading “West Side Story”

Singin’ in the Rain is a musical film about the end of silent films and the rise of talking films also known as talkies. Main character, Don Lockwood played by Gene Kelly is in an onscreen relationship with Lina Lamont played by Jean Hagen. Even though offscreen Don is in no way interested in LinaContinue reading “Singin’ in the Rain”

Since Hollywood films started to get very popular in the west they wanted to make more films to suit the huge audience that they were attracting. A group of men specifically, Marcus Loew, Adolph Zukor, and William Fox came together to make nickelodeons which were 5 cent films shown in shops. Since that was alsoContinue reading “The Formation of MGM”