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      • Movie studio publicist Howard Dietz designed the lion logo for Goldwyn Picture Corporation in 1917; he based it on the mascot of his alma mater, Columbia University.
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  2. Goldwyn Pictures. This company was founded by Samuel Goldfish along with Edgar and Archibald Selwyn. The company monicker was an amalgamation of both last names. Goldfish later changed his name legally to Samuel Goldwyn.

  3. Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

  4. Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was founded on November 19, 1916 by Samuel Goldfish (born Schmuel Gelbfisz) in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using an amalgamation of both surnames to create the name ("Selfish" was another option).

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  6. Feb 17, 2015 · When Goldwyn Pictures merged with Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1924, the movie studio kept the logo under its new name: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, or...

  7. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded in 1924 as part of the merge between Metro-Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions. The company's first on-screen logo took elements of the original Goldwyn Pictures logo.

  8. Feb 24, 2015 · The first lion, called Slats, was used for the original Goldwyn Pictures design and for the first MGM version. He didn’t actually roar, preferring to people watch . The lion gave an audible roar on July 31, 1928 for the debut of the movie White Shadows in the South Seas .

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