JONNY GREEN CONDUCTING MGM STUDIO ORCHESTRA (1952) Keybook photo

Jonny Green Conducting MGM Studio Orchestra. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo, with keybook salvage and Mar 26, 1952 ink date stamp. Near fine.

A part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio history. This photo shows Johnny Green conducting the 50-piece symphonic MGM Studio Orchestra. The verso gives a complete story about the scope of the 40-acre MGM studio lot and then a full guide to the music department employees of 1952. At the time such films as Singin’ in the Rain, Quo Vadis, The Merry Widow and Ivanhoe were in production or about to be released.