How MGM Became MGM!

[@terrancebigham6765]

Actually, it was publicity man Howard Dietz who thought up the Goldwyn lion ( as a shout out to the mascot of his alma mater Columbia) He also doubled as a lyricist.🦁

[@RoseMarieJamesJr]

As an MGM musicals fan, this is just awesome.

[@RossCompose]

This is fascinating but you don't explain how ARS GRATIA ARTIS. (Art For Art's Sake) came about or who came up with it. I did see it was on the original Goldwyn logo which I did find really interesting. Anyway, great job, a credit to KZbin. I knew the basics of MGM, my favorite studio, but had no idea it was all so complicated. A friend actually got me in to tour the studio when it was Columbia. But sorry I never got to sneak into the back lots and it broke my heart when they were torn down. Cheers. (The Transcript thing is really cool.)

[@dayzeereyes128]

Irving Thalberg was such a cool person. He made Hollywood, Hollywood!

[@Buckboy2024]

As one, I’m all for skinny, talented, ambitious boys…

[@DJS11811]

Bravo, Ari.

[@JapriAjmi718]

The Bob Ross of teaching

[@tothelighthouse9843]

Well done!

[@Cymonie1]

This is a terrific video. Lots of fun.

[@Jinx301]

Great video. I watched a video of Louie Mayer making a speech to St Patrick in an old video from the early 20th century

[@Buckboy2024]

A hundred MGM movies viewed? I understand, but I’m in the hundreds, plural.

[@NoiseOverMusic]

Thank God Ari Hoptman is still alive

[@Alevuss92]

Here because Amazon announced today they intend to buy up MGM.

[@9jalicious]

They were Wrong for removing him from his Own Company 🕵🏽‍♀️☝🏼

[@AccessiblePOV]

That’s awesome

[@Kevin-xv9pm]

At 6:24 to 6:30, wrong, I think you mean Irving Thalberg died in 1936. But close enough.

[@AvuncularFeldspar]

Did I get that wrong? Whoopsie! Sorry 'bout that.

[@Kevin-xv9pm]

@@AvuncularFeldspar It's okay. It's a smaller mistake you created. And I never knew that the MGM lion logo had the imprint of Marcus Loew on it either. Pretty cool, though.

[@Riutanharju]

Marcus Loew->Löwe - lion in German.

[@DirtyGeorge]

You Alice's