hey Guys I might have a answer for you a few years back I was supposed
to do a Lion Logo clock for MGM however even though I had the lisence
contract in hand they sold it to another Guy that had more money... I
still have the contract and the one of one Mock up clock we made.. Disny
MGM wanted to sell them on the lot But MGm wanted a biiger player so
they got a place in california called Top Banan to make a plastic one...
Mine had the logo die cut out onmy black Movie reel clock
well they did a big campaighn and sent me a book on the history and the
branding
of the LOGO... as thy were psushing it Bigtime... I sold to MGM a
claapper and clapboard
clock with the Logo of Lion in Gold ing... I have jpegs actually ones in
the living room..
Ill try to dig that book out and see if it mentions when they made it...
I think I worked for them when Kirkorkian owned them because they wanted
m e to make stuff for the MGM grand in Vegas but they wante me to sign a
exclsusive contract and I would not...... so we said Bye bye to each
other... so gos show biz.. :)
I love the Logo its one of my favorite,,,,,,
I always wanted to make a columbia lady lamp too....
Freeman Fisher wrote: we did a Paramount lamp for thier catalog but the
catlaog went bust before it got in.. it was 3d version of the Logo
Channing,
I just did some Google surfing to try and figure out anything about
the logo. I found an MGM historian's writing about the 5 lions that
have been used over the course of the studio's history. Regarding the
short lived logo, it appears it was only used 3 times including 2001:
a space odyssey. So now we know two of three MGM titles the logo
was used for
Enter “Leo”, whose reign began in 1957 and despite a very brief period
between 1966-68, is still our mascot to the present day. During those
two brief years the “medallion” or “stylized” logo was introduced,
used on only three films, the most well known is “2001: A
Space Odyssey” in 1968.
Cannot find anything regarding Saul Bass's involvement.
freeman
On Oct 12, 2010, at 3:25 PM, channinglylethomson wrote:
I noticed the groovy 1968 MGM logo on the poster. This is also seen
on several other posters and I believe on the credits for 2001. From
what I seem to recall, this modernized version of Leo the Lion was
designed by Saul Bass. Is that true or does someone on MOPO know?
Thanks, Channing Thomson
On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:57 PM, [email protected]
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