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Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film 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 .
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 ...
The studio proved moderately successful, but became most famous due to its iconic Leo the Lion trademark. Although Metro was the nominal survivor, the merged studio inherited Goldwyn's old facility in Culver City, California, where it would remain until 1986. The merged studio also retained Goldwyn's Leo the Lion logo.
The first MGM color films have 2 completely lost films with a missing lion mascot named Numa, (nicknamed Bill) called "Buffalo Bill's Last Flight" (1927) and "The Heart of General E. Lee" (1928). First film with Telly the Lion as the first color MGM mascot, however, Jackie still took over the black and white era. November 10, 1928
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, [4] previously known as MGM/UA Television, (common metonym: Lion [5]) is the television studio arm of the American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), specializing in broadcast syndication and the production and distribution of television shows and miniseries. [1]
Among the famous animals raised on the Farm were Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio lions Slats (1924–1927, died in 1935 at the Philadelphia Zoo) and his lookalike successor Jackie, and the celebrated comic lion Numa (1912–1930, died of old age at 41), named for the lion in the Tarzan books.
This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (to include MGM/UA Entertainment Co., MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM-Pathe Communications Co. and MGM/UA Distribution Co.).
Based on the 1982 film Poltergeist and its sequels by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series: 1996–1999: Syndication: co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Distributed by Claster Television Based on the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven and its sequel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dead Man's Gun: 1997–1999: Showtime