Howard Gutner - MGM Style: Cedric Gibbons and the Art of the Golden Age of Hollywood

First and foremost, I want to thank Ms. Faye Thompson at the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her indefatigable photo research on my behalf helped immeasurably in making this book possible. I also extend my gratitude to John Damer, Elizabeth Cathcart, Jeanie Braun, Taylor Morales, Kristine Krueger, and the librarians at the Academy library, who assisted me as I sifted through countless photographs in their extensive MGM set reference and production collections. Melissa LeBoeuf made procuring photos of the Gibbons house as it looks today an easy and pain-less process.

Jeffery McGraw (aka Sprite Gravier), my former agent, worked tirelessly to find a publisher for this project when the timing wasnt right yet. But he believed in it from the beginning, and I will not forget his efforts on my behalf. I owe a debt of gratitude to Hugh Fordin and Jerome Delamater, who were able to interview many of the unit art directors who worked under Cedric Gibbons and have since passed. Cathy Whitlock made many helpful suggestions as I began to shape the manuscript, and my dear friend Karen Severns read several initial chapters and, as usual, made many insightful comments and suggestions.

And a big thank-you to my editor Rick Rinehart, who felt that the time was right.

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Collection: Pages vi, xii, xiii, 2, 43, 48, 50, 63, 139, 147, 150 (bottom), 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, 159 (top), 161 (top), 165, 176 (bottom), 178, 179, 181, 191, 192, 217, 224, 227, 228, 229, 231, 236, 241, 242

Courtesy of Photofest, Inc.: xiv, 22, 28 (bottom), 32, 38, 60, 62, 67, 68, 72, 189, 243, 247 Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Set Reference Photos: 94 (top), 95, 97, 98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 121, 122, 124, 126, 128, 131, 132, 133, 134, 140, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 150 (top), 159 (bottom), 161 (bottom), 162, 163, 164, 167, 169, 173, 176 (top), 177, 182, 197, 198, 199, 200, 203 (bottom), 205, 209, 211, 212, 216, 244

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cedric Gibbons and Hazel Brooks Papers: 111, 112, 156

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Core Collection Production Files: 120, 123

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Cukor Collection: 127

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Production and Biography Photos: 76, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 96, 99, 101, 220, 225, 251

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Museum Col-lection: 39, 54, 55, 56, 57

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Herrick Core Collection Production Files: 25, 34, 41, 43, 46, 49, 53, 65, 66, 70, 80, 81, 82, 87, 94 (bottom), 184, 185, 186, 187, 201, 203 (top), 207

Courtesy Scott Frances/OTTO: 226, 230, 233, 234

Courtesy Bison Archives Photographs Collected by Marc Wanamaker: 28 (top)

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cecil B. DeMille Collec-tion: 30

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