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<blockquote data-quote="TJP" data-source="post: 358292" data-attributes="member: 5151">Great shot of stage 1 on West Olive!Glad WB is honoring the legacy of &quot;Dallas&quot; although, historically, it&#039;s questionable that they are selling &quot;inherited&quot; third-party products to today&#039;s audience as part of their own studio history. Okay, I&#039;m turning a blind eye on Lorimar&#039;s products since Lorimar has a close connection to WB&nbsp; —&nbsp; Lorimar was mainly stationed on the WB / TBS lot in its early days, and they produced a number of shows on the WB / TBS backlot and its soundstages, such as &quot;The Waltons&quot;, &quot;Falcon Crest&quot; and &quot;Flamingo Road&quot;, just to name the most famous examples; also, Lorimar was fully absorbed into WB after the 1989 merger.But what&#039;s really ridiculous is that one of the &quot;WB 100&quot; promo trailers I recently saw clearly included clips from MGM movies.&nbsp; I do know that WB purchased the rights to the pre-1986 MGM film library in one of MGM&#039;s many declarations of bankruptcy (at the same time when Lorimar bought MGM Studios), but presenting MGM movies as part of WB&#039;s studio history is an awkward understanding of Hollywood history.&nbsp; Or have such promos been created by negligent and unknowledgeable employees?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TJP, post: 358292, member: 5151"] Great shot of stage 1 on West Olive! Glad WB is honoring the legacy of "Dallas" although, historically, it's questionable that they are selling "inherited" third-party products to today's audience as part of their own studio history. Okay, I'm turning a blind eye on Lorimar's products since Lorimar has a close connection to WB — Lorimar was mainly stationed on the WB / TBS lot in its early days, and they produced a number of shows on the WB / TBS backlot and its soundstages, such as "The Waltons", "Falcon Crest" and "Flamingo Road", just to name the most famous examples; also, Lorimar was fully absorbed into WB after the 1989 merger. But what's really ridiculous is that one of the "WB 100" promo trailers I recently saw clearly included clips from MGM movies. I do know that WB purchased the rights to the pre-1986 MGM film library in one of MGM's many declarations of bankruptcy (at the same time when Lorimar bought MGM Studios), but presenting MGM movies as part of WB's studio history is an awkward understanding of Hollywood history. Or have such promos been created by negligent and unknowledgeable employees? [/QUOTE]

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