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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 logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who served as art director at Paramount Pictures.
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Leo the Lion has been the most regular star of MGM Pictures since it was founded on this day in 1924, and his roar is probably the sound most commonly associated with the studio. It’s one of...
- Goldwyn Pictures lion (1916–1923) and Slats (1924–1928) Slats, trained by Volney Phifer, was the first lion used for the newly formed studio. Born at the Dublin Zoo on March 20, 1919, and originally named Cairbre, Slats was used on all black-and-white MGM films between 1924 and 1928.
- Jackie (1928–1956) Jackie, born in 1915, trained by Mel Koontz, was the second lion used for the MGM logo. He was a wild lion brought from the Nubian part of Sudan, and the first MGM lion to roar (recorded long after he was filmed; at least three different recordings of roars/growls were used), which was first heard via a gramophone record for MGM's first production with sound, White Shadows in the South Seas (1928).
- Telly (1928–1932) and Coffee (1932–1935) MGM began experiments with two-strip color short subjects in 1928 and animated cartoons in 1930. For these productions, two different lions were used.
- Tanner (1934–1956) MGM began producing full three-strip Technicolor films in 1934. Tanner, also trained by Mel Koontz, was used on all Technicolor MGM films (1934–1953) and cartoons (1935–1958, 1963–1967, except for 1965's The Dot and the Line), replacing Telly and Coffee.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.
Oct 26, 2021 · Leo the lion might be the most seen animal in history, even if most people would not recognize his name. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Leo is synonymous with the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film studio, commonly known as MGM, that has been a cinema mainstay for nearly a century.
Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, featured in the studio's production logo. Since 1924 (when the studio was formed by the merger of Samuel Goldwyn's studio with Marcus Loew's Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer's company), there have been around five...
One story says that their designer, Howard Dietz, chose a lion as a nod to the mascot of his alma mater, Columbia University. Another says that it came from co-founder Marcus Loew, whose last name was associated with the German for lion. Either way, Slats went to America and he became famous.
