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眨眼间,米高梅和哥伦比亚迎来了自己的90岁诞辰。但90年前,说一不二的好莱坞霸主路易斯·B·梅耶绝不会想到自己一手创办的帝国竟然会成为臭名昭著、粗俗下流的哈里·科恩创建的那个叫哥伦比亚的小公司的附庸,而且后者竟然成了日本人的资产。此前一年,四个波兰移民兄弟将他们的家庭作坊正式改名为“华纳兄弟”的电影公司,一步步精打细算经营下来则成了业界班霸。
In a blink of an eye, MGM and Colombia ushered in their 90th birthday. But 90 years ago, the one-of-a-kind Hollywood boss, Louis B. Mayer, never imagined that his own empire would have become the vassal of a Colombian-owned company founded by the notorious, vulgar Harry Cohen, Even became a Japanese asset. The previous year, four Polish immigrants brothers formally renamed their family workshops as “Warner Bros.” movie studios, and managed them step by step.