Moviegoers nowadays might not know much of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ history outside of its iconic mascot, a lion who introduced each film with it’s iconic roar. It was an introduction that was ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTIONS: In this interview, Scott Simon refers to the book Tarzan of the Apes as a “British novel.” In fact, Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the Tarzan book series, was American.

Kenneth Turan’s splendid book about Hollywood titans Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg is the first in 50 years to tell their story in a single volume. Part of Yale University Press’ “Jewish Lives” ...

At the peak of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Golden Age of Hollywood, audiences knew the name of the studio on the silver screen signaled something wonderful was about to begin. “If they would go to a ...