What three companies merged to form MetroGoldwyn-Mayer?

Metro Pictures Corporation (founded 1915), Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (1917), and Louis B. Mayer Pictures (1918) merged to form MetroGoldwyn-Mayer.

The three companies merged in 1924 under the control of Loew’s, Inc., the theater exhibition company.

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