Mayer 's company , there have been around five different lions used for the MGM logo. Tanner was used on all 3-hue Technicolor films and MGM cartoons including the Tom and Jerry series , from , as well as the Chuck Jones cartoons, and in use on the studio logo for 24 years the current lion has been in use since , a total of 63 years.
Leo the Lion - present in the MGM logo. He has a smaller mane than any of the other lions which is because he was at a very young age compared to his predecessors when his roaring was filmed.
It apperead on Just the Wait In addition to being used as the MGM lion, Leo also appeared in other productions such as the religious epic King of Kings , Zebra in the Kitchen , Fluffy and Napoleon and Samantha ; as well as a memorable TV commercial for Dreyfus Investments in Two different versions of this logo were used: an "extended" version, with the lion roaring three times used from — ; and the "standard" version, with the lion roaring twice used since In the Chuck Jones -directed Tom and Jerry cartoons released between and , Tanner was used in the opening sequence instead of Leo.
Three MGM films, Raintree County , Ben-Hur , and Mutiny on the Bounty , utilized a still-frame variation of this logo, with the lion's roar added to the backing track. Ben-Hur , however, did not include the roar; instead, the film score continued underneath the still-frame of the logo. This logo would also appear on black-and-white films, such as Jailhouse Rock Leo was reintroduced after this logo was discontinued.
The number of roars has certainly varied through the years, but I'm curious if it has varied over the course of, say, one year. Maybe HERE are some answers concerning the roars's variations over the years! Quoting richierich: Quote: So I was told today He just sat there.. I guess no roars means a major dud.. Of course it has to be an urban myth.
What possible motive could the studio have to do something like that? The other urban myth involving the lion was that originally it wasn't supposed to roar. It was supposed to just sit there all regal like for a few seconds. So the myth goes that MGM rented out a warehouse where they were doing the photo shoot which happened to be close to a bank. Dietz was an alumnus of Columbia University, and adapted the Columbia lion mascot into Leo the Lion, who's now been roaring away for almost a century at the start of MGM movies, from Ben-Hur to Spectre.
Like James Bond, Lassie, and other beloved animal stars, Leo the Lion has been recast many times over the decades. Slats, the Dublin Zoo lion who first played "Leo" in , never even roared. He just looked around, which was just as thrilling to early movie audiences as a big roar would be for us today. See Answer. Best Answer. Study guides. Movies 20 cards. If your boyfriend had blue eyes as a baby an brown eyes when he got older an you have blue eyes what color of eyes would the baby have.
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