Leo the Lion was the mascot for which film studio?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (initialized as MGM) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs. One of the world's oldest film studios.
The studio's official motto, "Ars Gratia Artis", is a Latin phrase meaning "Art for art's sake". It was chosen by Howard Dietz, the studio's chief publicist. The studio's logo is a roaring lion surrounded by a ring of film inscribed with the studio's motto. The logo, which features Leo the Lion, was created by Dietz in 1916 for Goldwyn Pictures and updated in 1924 for MGM's use. Dietz based the logo on his alma mater's mascot, the Columbia University lion.
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Odd Joe
Luckily I've just watched 'The Lawman' with Burt Lancaster, this evening. It was a 1971 MGM movie.
Player
One of the lions used by MGM was Carbre and they bought him at Dublin zoo
Irene Townsend
Pressed wrong one by mistake
Chrissie
Janice Oliver Bobbitt, I have a lovely mental picture of you steaming the wrinkles and kinks out of a big roll of film. More power to your elbow!
Player
Darlene Davidson, the sound was from a tiger though...
dsneed
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Dianne
dsneed
I always appreciated that lion. Yay me.
Char
I rember that so well still love to hear the lion roar
Janice Oliver Bobbitt
Saw him last night while steaming a movie.
ninakamwene
Lucky guess
docluci
Got it right, watched enough movies from their beginning
Sue Fairweather
Got it
Paul Backus
FYI RKO's was a radio tower. Paramount is a mountain surrounded by 22 stars (used to have 24). Tri-Star is a Pegasus.
Richard G Schwartz
Saw this in review.
Joseph A. Robitaille
MGM, when I was a young man in the early 40s we didn't have many movie companies.