 |
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
1948-49 Dailey Bros. #2
I was pleasantly surprised when my wife came up with these pictures a few days ago.
She must be bored with the flotsum and jetsum on Facebook.
I will ask her to make comments and identification once she has been awakened and served the usual breakfast in bed.
|
From Paul Gutheil
Once there was a Game Farm!
Now it's gone, brother can you spare a lion?
Great Memories!
|
Sunday, January 26, 2014
MGM Lion #1 (From Eric Beheim)
“Slats” made his initial appearance in 1917
in the logo used by Goldwyn Pictures.
(The Goldwyn logo was designed by Howard Dietz, who included a lion as a
tribute to his alma mater Columbia University, whose athletic teams were
nicknamed the Lions.) After the Goldwyn studio was absorbed into the partnership
that formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Slats logo was revised and retained as the
MGM logo. MGM used the Slats logo from
1924 until 1928. Slats died in 1936 and
his skin is reportedly now on display at the McPherson Museum in McPherson,
Kansas.
Trivia note: the first Goldwyn
picture to use the Slats logo was POLLY OF THE CIRCUS, released in 1917. The first MGM picture to use the Slats logo
was HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, released in 1924.
|
From Eric Beheim #1
Some of you probably remember that Mascot
Pictures (which later became Republic
Pictures) used a tiger for its logo/trademark. The logo tiger was supposedly one of Clyde
Beatty’s cats, filmed during the production of Beatty’s serial THE
LOST JUNGLE. This
logo was used at the beginning of each of the 12 chapters of Gene Autry’s 1935
starring serial THE PHANTOM EMPIRE.
At the fade-in, the tiger is seen on top of a world
globe.
|
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)