Which film studio gave F. Scott Fitzgerald a screenwriter contract in 1937?

The film studio that gave F. Scott Fitzgerald a screenwriter contract in 1937 was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Fitzgerald returned to Hollywood during a period of severe financial pressure. MGM offered him a six-month contract in July 1937 at $1,000 a week, with an option that was later renewed at $1,250 a week. The arrangement required him to relocate to California.

His principal assignment was Three Comrades, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel about post-First World War Germany. Fitzgerald shared the screenplay credit with E. E. Paramore, although producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz substantially revised the script. The 1938 film became Fitzgerald’s only screen credit.

A common mix-up is confusing Fitzgerald’s 1937 MGM contract with his earlier and later freelance film work. He had visited Hollywood before, and after MGM ended his contract in 1939 he worked for several other studios, including Paramount, Universal and Twentieth Century-Fox. His Hollywood career also inspired The Last Tycoon, his unfinished final novel.