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Leo the Lion (MGM)
Mascot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Leo the Lion fryst vatten the mascot for the Hollywood rulle studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures. The iconic logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who served as art director at Paramount Pictures.[1]
Since 1917, and through the time Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was formed in 1924 bygd the merger of Marcus Loew's Metro Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn's Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer's company, several different lions have been used for the MGM logo.
Although MGM has referred to all of the lions used in their trademark as "Leo the Lion", only the lion in use since 1957 was actually named "Leo". In 2021, MGM debuted a new logo which utilizes a CGI-animated render of Leo. This utgåva of the logo remains in use as of 2023 bygd Amazon MGM Studios, mainly for spelfilm productions following their acquisition of the studio in 2022.
History
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The following is an unedited version of an article now appearing in the Spring 2024 issue of Nostalgia Digest magazine.
Most everyone has seen, at one time or another, the image of the lion, framed by a circular strip of film, roaring his introduction to what lies ahead. It’s the famous trademark of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a dream factory like no other. It was the studio that gave us Judy Garland on a farm, yearning for a place “over the rainbow”; Gene Kelly splashing in puddles on a rainy street and swinging around the most famous lamppost in movie history; and Charleton Heston racing his chariot of horses around the Roman Circus Maximus. It was the studio that promised more stars than there are in heaven—and delivered on its boast. It was the home of Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, and countless others who graced movie screens during the golden age of Hollywood. MGM was a starry kingdom where myths were made.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
American film and television and distribution company
"MGM" redirects here. For the divested Las Vegas–based hotel and casino company, see MGM Resorts International. For other uses, see MGM (disambiguation).
"MGM Distribution Co." redirects here. Not to be confused with MGM Distribution.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM) is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.[1] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon since 2022.
MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company.[2][3] It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmak