Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s resurrection is one of the entertainment industry’s biggest success stories, though the company that gave the world Leo the Lion has so far resisted the urge to roar.

“The Lion’s Roar Video Magazine” (available for rental or free with purchase of specially marked MGM/UA Home Videos) is narrated by American Movie Classics host Peter Jones and includes ...

Trade newspapers like Variety often referred to MGM simply as “The Lion”. The studio’s motto ... it’s been a mere shadow of its former self; Leo’s roar has been reduced to a whimper.

MGM has settled on what is likely to be its final four films in its current incarnation. Following discussions with Sony, the Lion has greenlit the projects in advance of the studio’s buyout by ...

And now, famous lions. (The logical next step.) This latest foray begins with one showbiz icon with a reconignizable roar. The MGM lion, properly known as Leo, has gone the way of the pixel.

Legendary studio MGM has announced it's emergence from bankruptcy. Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum of Spyglass Entertainment will act as the new co-chairmen and CEOs of the company and they will ...

The lion's roar is familiar to many through its inclusion in the MGM opening sequence. This roar segment consists only of the middle portion of the roar, omitting the first and last portions ...

Originally silent, the lion's roar was added to films in August 1928 The lion's roar featured at the start of MGM films since 1924 could soon be reduced to a purr, or even possibly silenced. MGM is ...

The lion's roar is familiar to many through its inclusion in the MGM opening sequence. This roar segment consists only of the middle portion of the roar, omitting the first and last portions ...

Mick LaSalle is the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he has worked since 1985. He is the author of two books on pre-censorship Hollywood, "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre ...