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‘The End’ of Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
This page contains a lot of very different designs, but like Warner Bros., MGM managed to maintain consistency in their designs. On almost every title card their (secondary) logo is present.

When Metro Goldwyn Mayer was formed in 1924 by the merger of Samuel Goldwyn’s studio with Marcus Loew’s Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer’s company Goldwyn brought his mascot Leo the lion with him.

The logo features a graphic image of a reclining lion (from a side view) on a pedestal that has the motto “A Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Picture” inscribed on it. Behind the lion is a semi-circular film ribbon with the “Ars Gratia Artis” motto.

On either side of the pedestal are torches. The secondary logo was used in the opening title and end titles of most MGM films from the late 1920s until the early 1970s, then moved to the main film credits until the early 1980s. While most designers of the title cards apparently were given carte blanche, there were years when they possibly used a style guide.

Almost all designs of designs from 1925 to 1936 are the same: a calligraphic script type. Later, a more formal script was used (1939-1942) while various other designs reused from 1944 to 1947.
The “Made in Hollywood, U.S.A.” byline was introduced in 1949. In 1951 even more type was added when title of the

films appeared above “The End”.
Gradually the “The End” title cards disappeared. The first MGM film without a “The End” title was The night of the iguana (1964)

The images on the new ‘The End’ of Metro Goldwyn Mayer page are from movies from 1925 (Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) to 1970 (Kelly’s Heroes). Earlier films are either lost or not yet available on dvd.

Now there are two pages with “The End” titles from two different studios it’s interesting to compare them. If you liked ‘The End’ of Metro Goldwyn Mayer don’t forget to visit ‘The End’ of Warner Bros.
Ben-hur end title
La bohème end title
The boob end title
The temptress end title
The red mill The end title
Mr. Wu The end title
Spring fever The end title
Across to Singapore The end title
Laugh clown laugh The end title
The patsy The end title
Mysterious lady The end title
Our dancing daughters The end title
Desert nights The end title
Tide of empire The end title
Pagan The end title
The Hollywood revue of 1929 The end title
Madame X The end title
Our modern maidens The end title
It's a great life The end title
Their own desire The end title
Navy blues The end title
Lord Byron of Broadway The end title
The girl said no The end title
The divorcee The end title
The unholy three The end title
Love in the rough The end title
Remote control The end title
The easiest way movie title
A free soul movie title
This modern age movie title
Flying high movie title
The champ movie title
Mata Hari movie title
Mata Hari movie title
Freaks movie title
Are you listening? movie title
Grand hotel movie title
Red headed woman movie title
The mask of Fu Manchu movie title
Flesh movie title
Fast life movie title
Dinner at eight movie title
Midnight Mary movie title
Today we live movie title
Men in white movie title
Riptide movie title
The thin man movie title
Treasure island movie title
Evelyn Prentice movie title
David Copperfield movie title
Mark of the vampire movie title
No more ladies movie title
Mad love movie title
China seas movie title
Mutiny on the Bounty movie title
A night at the opera movie title
Whipsaw movie title
Ah, wilderness movie title
Three godfathers movie title
Wife vs. secretary movie title
Fury movie title
San Francisco movie title
Devil-doll movie title
Romeo and Juliet movie title
The gorgeous hussy movie title
The devil is a sissy movie title
Libeled lady movie title
Camille movie title
After the thin man movie title
Captains courageous The end title
Captains courageous The end title
Double wedding The end title
Conquest The end title
Everybody sing The end title
Three comrades The end title
The shopworn angel The end title
The crowd roars The end title
Boys town The end title
A Christmas carol The end title
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn The end title
The ice follies of 1939 The end title
It's a wonderful world The end title
The wizard of Oz The end title
The women The end title
Dancing co-ed The end title
Babes in arms The end title
Ninotchka The end title
At the circus The end title
Another thin man The end title
The shop around the corner The end title
Two girls on Broadway The end title
Northwest passage The end title
Waterloo bridge The end title
The mortal storm The end title
Pride and prejudice The end title
I love you again The end title
Boom town The end title
Strike up the band The end title
Escape The end title
Comrade x The end title
The Philadelphia story The end title
Come live with me movie title
Men of boys town movie title
Ziegfeld girl movie title
Love crazy movie title
Whistling in the dark movie title
Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde movie title
Tell-tale heart movie title
Shadow of the thin man movie title
H.M. Pulham, Esq movie title
Johnny Eager movie title
We were dancing movie title
Woman of the year movie title
For me and my gal movie title
Random harvest movie title
Whistling in Dixie movie title
Keeper of the flame movie title
Slightly dangerous movie title
Presenting Lily Mars movie title
Above suspicion movie title
I dood it movie title
I dood it movie title
Cry havoc movie title
Girl crazy movie title
Whistling in Brooklyn movie title
Broadway rhytm movie title
Gaslight movie title
Meet the people movie title
Bathing beauty movie title
Dragon-seed movie title
Kismet movie title
An American romance movie title
Thirty seconds over Tokyo movie title
Meet me in St. Louis movie title
National velvet movie title
The thin man goes home movie title
The picture of Dorian Gray movie title
Keep your powder dry movie title
Without love movie title
The valley of decision movie title
A thrill of a romance movie title
Ziegfeld follies movie title
Our vines have tender grapes movie title
Weekend at the Waldorf movie title
Two sisters from Boston movie title
The postman always rings twice movie title
Easy to wed movie title
Holiday in Mexico movie title
The yearling movie title
Lady in the lake movie title
Fiesta The end title
Song of the Thin man The end title
Song of love The end title
Merton of the movies The end title
This time for keeps The end title
Cass Timberlane The end title
Good news The end title
High wall The end title
Killer McCoy The end title
Summer holiday The end title
The bride goes wild The end title
BF's daughter The end title
BF's daughter The end title
A date with Judy The end title
Luxury liner The end title
The kissing bandit The end title
Act of violence The end title
The bribe The end title
Neptune's daughter The end title
Border incident The end title
That Forsyte woman The end title
Battleground The end title
On the town The end title
East side west side The end title
The asphalt jungle The end title
Father of the bride The end title
Crisis The end title
Mystery street The end title
The lady without passport The end title
Devil's doorway The end title
Dial 1119 The end title
Kim The end title
Royal wedding movie title
Red badge of courage movie title
Excuse my dust movie title
The tall target movie title
The man with a cloak movie title
The wild north movie title
Love is better than ever movie title
Lovely to look at movie title
The sellout at movie title
Because you're mine movie title
Plymouth adventure movie title
The bad and the beautiful movie title
The story of three loves movie title
Young bess movie title
Dangerous when wet movie title
Dream wife movie title
The actress movie title
Kiss me Kate movie title
All the brothers were valiant movie title
Escape from Fort Bravo movie title
Easy to love movie title
Rhapsody movie title
Green fire movie title
Bad day at black rock movie title
Blackboard jungle movie title
The cobweb movie title
Moonfleet movie title
Quentin Durward movie title
Somebody up there likes me movie title
High society movie title
Wings of eagles The end title
Ten thousand bedrooms The end title
Saddle the wind The end title
The sheepman The end title
The law and Jake Wade The end title
Cat on a hot tin roof The end title
Torpedo run The end title
Party girl The end title
Some came running The end title
North by northwest The end title
Ben-Hur The end title
Thunder of drums movie title
Ride the high country movie title
Mutiny on the Bounty movie title
Billy Rose's Jumbo movie title
7 faces of Dr Lao movie title
36 hours movie title
Made in Paris movie title
The glass bottom boat movie title
2001: A space odyssey The end title
Where eagles dare The end title
Zabriskie Point The end title
Kelly's heroes The end title

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