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by asdffdsa 1552 days ago
Eh, they lost credibility once the became a big-time profit-seeking movie-making (apologies for my lack of vocabulary) studio
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A friend who worked there about a decade before they went bankrupt once told me Bond was the only thing keeping that studio alive.
>Bond was the only thing keeping that studio alive

Tom and Jerry was also pretty awesome. Does nobody watch that anymore?

Tom and Jerry ended production in 1967.
Didn't a Tom and Jerry movie just come out?
The Pink Panther series of movies ("live action", not animated) is among the most hilarious creation I have ever consumed.

I highly recommend them if you want to laugh hysterically.

(Note: I watched them a long time ago, and there is wee chance that I am remembering them differently.)

I am waiting for the Prime Video catalogue to include them!

So that would be 1924?

MGM was founded by the owner of a movie theater chain (Loew's) to make blockbuster movies.