The lion has been a part of the MGM heritage for many years, beginning with the legendary Leo, whose roars have welcomed generations of moviegoers to epics of the silver screen. The lions live in ...

President Robert H. O’Brien showed a 25-minute promotional film featuring clips from the company’s latest motion pictures, the theme being that MGM’s Leo the Lion has been bellowing forth ...

every MGM movie. Of course, I’m talking about Leo the Lion. Originally Goldwyn’s logo, Leo took over as MGM’s onscreen representative (while Louis B. Mayer ran the shop in Culver City ...

but did you know that one of the original MGM lions—Slats—is buried in a quiet, unassuming spot in Gillette, New Jersey? It’s true. The iconic lion that helped brand Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer isn’t laid to ...

Jane said that after the film premiered, MGM dropped her father ... a very big voice… He had that lion in him. And it made sense – my father was a Leo." Jane saw "The Wizard of Oz" for ...

by Time Inc. Levin’s point in his proxy battles was that the management of MGM under President Robert H. O’Brien had been lax. As he saw it, the company that has Leo the Lion as its emblem too ...

The Leo the Lion mascot was played by several different lions. The one who retired to the Philadelphia Zoo was reportedly Slats, who was the first jungle cat to represent the newly formed MGM in 1924.

Leo the lion, the MGM mascot who roared in the credits of countless films, settled at the Fairmount Park site in 1931 after a lengthy career in Hollywood. While his stay was meant to be temporary ...

He purchased a 40 per cent stake in the company. "Kirk Kerkorian... realised that Leo the Lion, that MGM's logo, was, arguably, the most recognised in the world," Mr Bingen said. "And he ...

As a child, I vividly remember seeing Leo the MGM Lion roar for the first time on screen before watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with my father. Some years later, I was equally inspired by ...

As a child, I vividly remember seeing Leo the MGM Lion roar for the first time on screen before watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with my father. Some years later, I was equally inspired by ...