“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.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
MGM Lion #1 (From Eric Beheim)
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2 comments:
Gay's Lion Farm always claimed that Slats was one of their movie lions.
Yes Eric I sent Buckles a few
images regarding Gay's ownership
of Slats & perhaps he could send
thwem to you
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