Comments on: The MGM lion: The making-off https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/ Big cats from the world,<br>a world of big cats Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yves Roumazeilles https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-31725 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:43:01 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-31725 In reply to Ed.

Thanks for the update/correction.

]]> By: Ed https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-27381 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:47:27 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-27381 The date on the upper picture, 1924, is incorrect. 1924 was the year of the merger that created MGM, who were not producing sounded pictures. At that time, they continued to use the same original lion, “SLATES”, first seen on the logo for the Goldwyn Corp. It wasn’t until 1929, that they replaced “SLATES” with “Jackie”, who we believe is the lion in this photo. But they may have shot many screen tests of various lions before choosing him for the logo. He was also the first lion that was actually heard, when MGM began making “talkies”. This is at least the history I was able to uncover when, in 2008, did a complete digital restoration of the MGM logo, which made it’s debut on “Quantum Of Solace”.

]]> By: Yves Roumazeilles https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-13976 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:33:27 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-13976 As far as I can tell, the photo is not available as a poster.

]]> By: Russell Summers https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-13652 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:36:49 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-13652 where can i buy the poster of ‘shooting the MGM logo 1924’

]]> By: sierra https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:25 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-5499 wow neat

]]> By: trolomatic https://www.ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/08/20/the-mgm-lion-the-making-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4628 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:59:49 +0000 https://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=405#comment-4628 how did they shoot the lion for the 1928 logo in 1929? TIME TRAVEL?

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