Film academy to house United Artists/MGM archives

By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - MGM is presenting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with much of the storied archives of the United Artists/MGM film studio. MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan said Wednesday that MGM will pass along to the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library reams of classic photos, publicity materials and other documents for a new MGM/UA Collection. The restored photo collection, which will be the Herrick's most extensive, will be displayed and available to scholars at the 80-year-old library. Sloan and Academy president Sid Ganis held a signing ceremony cementing the arrangement. UA's library contains almost 1,000 movies, including the James Bond franchise and such classic films as "The Apartment," "Annie Hall," "The African Queen," "Rocky," "A Hard Day's Night," "Some Like... [read full story]