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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-10-2019, 08:25 PM:
 
Indeed this may be just a bit of trivia, but does anyone know if the stylized lion that MGM used to open 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY was used on any other MGM film title? And only feature films; the MGM Grand doesn't count.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 10-10-2019, 09:56 PM:
 
From Wikipedia:

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In 1965, in attempt to update its image, MGM recruited Lippincott to create a more contemporary logo.[10] The result, a circular still graphic of a lion known as "The Stylized Lion", appeared at the front of two films in the 1960s: 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Subject Was Roses (both released in 1968). Afterwards, Leo was reinstated for the opening logo. The Stylized Lion, however, was retained by the studio as its print logo, used by the MGM Records division studio advertising, in addition to being shown at the end of credit rolls following most MGM movie releases of this period, continuing until 1982. It was later used by the MGM Grand casinos. (A refined version of it is used as the logo for their parent company, MGM Resorts International.)

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