What are some difficult shots that few people notice?

The story takes place in an era when even photos were still in black and white. In the photo, the filmmakers set up a machine to shoot a real beast in the studio. This is the working photo of the famous MGM company producing its classic movie title - The Lion's Roar.

In 1917, Goldwyn Pictures released their first film, Polly Circus, and the well-known lion's roar logo was introduced to the world for the first time. But the lion didn't roar at that time, it just looked at the camera cutely.

But Goldwyn Pictures is still very optimistic about this lion (probably because there are no other lions to choose from). Therefore, 6 years later, we saw it again at the beginning of the movie Wild Orange, another version of the lion's roar. Unfortunately, it still didn't roar, but at least it dared to look at the camera. Oh yes, this weak lion is called Salts.

In 1924, Goldwyn Picture merged with Metro Pictures and Mayer Picture to become the film company we are familiar with, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Since both Mayer and Metro liked the roaring lion logo, Salts was captured and took a picture of a logo for trademark registration, but of course it still didn't roar.

In 1928, MGM decided to produce a sound film for the first time - White Shadows in the South Seas. At this time, Salts, who could not roar even with three sap shots, was decisively abandoned, and a well-trained lion smashed Jackie instead. Jackie's performance was not satisfactory, at least she yelled (Salts had never yelled before) and did not disappoint the fathers.

At that time, MGM began to be dissatisfied with black and white films and began to experiment with color films. The fathers found two more lions, Telly and Coffee, and took partial color photos of them - their skills are limited, so don’t be too harsh.

Tanner roared for 20 years, until MGM’s father found another lion named George to replace him. Unfortunately, George only roared for two years.

In 1957, MGM’s ruthless father found another lion named Leo to replace George. From then on, Leo roared all over the country and is still used today.

This version has not been significantly modified since then, only minor adjustments have been made.

On November 3, 2010, MGM filed for bankruptcy due to heavy debts, and Lion's Roar died. The audience thought they would never have the chance to see Leo's roar on the big screen again. But things turned around. In December of the same year, the Manhattan court approved MGM's bankruptcy reorganization plan. New investors would repay MGM's debt of up to 5 billion US dollars in the form of shares, and formulated a filming plan. Leo could return to the big screen, with twists and turns.

In 2012, Shine Studio produced the first 3D version of MGM’s Lion’s Roar, which is still in use today