Small Home Gazette, Winter 2018
History Brief: In Like a Lion…
The classic lion trademark was created in 1916 for the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (later to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924). “Jackie” was the second MGM lion and the first celebrated roar. The roar was recorded separately and then married to a film of Jackie roaring, with Jackie’s head in a frame. The lion’s audible roar was first used in 1928 for the movie White Shadows in the South Seas—heard via a gramophone record because the movie was silent.
