1915: Metro Pictures Corporation, one of the predecessors of MGM, was established.

1917: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, one of the predecessors of MGM, was established.

1918: Louis B. Mayer Company, one of the predecessors of MGM, was established.

1919: United Artists, one of the eight major Hollywood film companies that MGM later merged with, was established.

1924: Marcus Love, owner of Metro Film Company, acquires Goldwyn Film Company and merges legendary producer Louis Mayer's production company Under the umbrella, MGM Film Company was announced, Meyer became MGM's first general manager, and Irving Thalberg became the production director. "He Who Gets Slapped" was the first film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1928: The roaring lion appears in theaters for the first time, and together with the motto "Ars Gratia Artis" (Ars Gratia Artis), it becomes a registered trademark of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1930: Film superstar Clark Gable signed a contract with MGM, becoming the first movie star signed under MGM's "studio system".

1932: MGM Pictures entered China for the first time. Louis Meyer, one of the founders of MGM, and Chinese businessman Gu Liancheng jointly invested 700,000 taels of silver (each contributed half). Purchased the Jing'an Temple site in Shanghai to build Paramount Hall, the Paramount Theatre.

1936: Irving Thalberg died. Subsequently, Louis Meyer made MGM the largest film company in Hollywood.

1939: MGM released "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind", two films that had a huge impact on later generations.

1949: Shanghai was liberated, MGM withdrew from the mainland, and the Far East Division moved to Hong Kong.

1951: Musicals continued to decline, and Louis Meyer was forced to retire.

1957: Louis Meyer died.

1959: "Ben-Hur" released by MGM was not only a huge success at the box office, but also won a record of 11 Oscars that no film has ever broken.

1962: United Artists released the first 007 film "Dr. No".

1969: Midnight Cowboy, released by MGM, becomes the first X-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. In the same year, Kirk Kerkorian, an investor from Nevada, acquired MGM.

1970: Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian acquires MGM.

1976: United Artists released another legendary series - "Rocky".

1979: MGM Grand (MGM Hotel Group) was established. In the same year, the world's largest hotel was built in Las Vegas, USA.

1981: MGM merged with United Artists to form MGM-United Artists.

1993: Frank Macasso took over MGM, and his team subsequently released blockbuster films such as "Get Shorty" and "GoldenEye".

2002: MGM released the 20th James Bond film "Die Another Day."

2005: Sony acquired MGM for $12 per share and assumed debt totaling nearly $5 billion.

2012: MGM Pictures, a subsidiary of MGM Entertainment Group, once again entered China and jointly established Shenzhen MGM Pictures Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen.