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Comment on The MGM lion: The making-off by Ed

Ed — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:47:27 +0000

The date on the upper picture, 1924, is incorrect. 1924 was the year of the merger that created MGM, who were not producing sounded pictures. At that time, they continued to use the same original lion, “SLATES”, first seen on the logo for the Goldwyn Corp. It wasn’t until 1929, that they replaced “SLATES” with “Jackie”, who we believe is the lion in this photo. But they may have shot many screen tests of various lions before choosing him for the logo. He was also the first lion that was actually heard, when MGM began making “talkies”. This is at least the history I was able to uncover when, in 2008, did a complete digital restoration of the MGM logo, which made it’s debut on “Quantum Of Solace”.

Comment on Black baby jaguar in Peru by LR

LR — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:33:44 +0000

i love that baby!

Comment on Black baby jaguar in Peru by LR

LR — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:30:15 +0000

fucking adorable!

Comment on Unfair advantage by Yves Roumazeilles

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:57:05 +0000

Apparently, this Harbin zoo often appears when animals are exploited in shows like that. I had the hope that this was more an accident than such a game!!!

Thanks anyway for the information.

Comment on Unfair advantage by Douglas Muth

Douglas Muth — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:19:45 +0000

It’s probably from this Zoo:

http://www.travelchinatour.com/jim-china-travel-blog/travelogue-by-cities/harbin-siberian-tiger-park.html

Apparently visitors can purchase an Ox(!) for $1,500 to be dropped in the middle of the tigers.

Comment on King cheetah by Yves Roumazeilles

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:57:10 +0000

I strongly doubt that anybody made rugs out of king cheetahs. But, more importantly, I believe that you are really not reading the YLoveBigCats blog if you think that we are supporting using cheetah pelts for luxury coats. I definitely and strongly oppose these.

Comment on King cheetah by emily

emily — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:07:12 +0000

that is why there are only 30 king cheetahs left because people like you make coats and rugs out of these poor creatures

Comment on Photos of Barbary Lions by andy

andy — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:48:33 +0000

very interesting!

Comment on The MGM lion: The making-off by Yves Roumazeilles

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:33:27 +0000

As far as I can tell, the photo is not available as a poster.

Comment on The MGM lion: The making-off by Russell Summers

Russell Summers — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:36:49 +0000

where can i buy the poster of ‘shooting the MGM logo 1924′