MGM Children's Matinees

[Dakkiller1]

The lion never scared me when I was little

The Rainbow WDTV castle did however (DAMN YOU WIERD TEXT FONTS AND FADE TO BUNEA VISTA AND HEAT DISTORTION ON THE TOP OF THE CASTLE)

[jnadle1]

That roar variation was used on most programs produced by MGM from 1964-1971, such as "The Man From UNCLE," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," and "Then Came Bronson."

[Nodog438]

Put the volume up by accident and scared me.

THANKS, MGM!

[themaster25478]

that scared me!

[JB17Wagna]

they should've used a kitten

[ChiuahuaTubeALT]

MGM Kids Home Entertainment defeats MGM Children's Matinees and MGM/UA Family Entertainment. The MGM Kids logo has Leo, Jr. and is what I prefer(typo?) a TRUE kids' logo.

[MrTweety2707]

@ChiuahuaTubeALT I know why MGMKHE defeats them because enTERTAINment

[ChiuahuaTubeALT]

If the MTM Kitten appeared, young folks would say "Awwww what a cute kitty"

[ozboy39]

It was part of MGM family / childrens movies they re-released in the early 1970's- I saw many of them including TheWizard of Oz at the theater and they stared off like this - also National Velvet had the same tag at the begining....................

[tomarmstrong14]

This was Taken from "Tom Thumb"

[bigt718]

Man, listen! Them dudez who put that logo on with that lion roaring. All that did was corrupt the poor innocent minds of those very young children who watched those movies and they had to first watch that logo appear. They had to sleep and catch nightmares off of that. Especially the sound of the lion back then? That's more like a HORROR SCENE playing before the childrens mattinee. MGM producers shoulda caught a lawsuit off of that! That was so NOT NEEDED!

[CartoonCookie1]

@bigt718 EXACTLY. I was one of the victims.

[catbeast2007]

What year did this come out?

[MattTheSaiyan]

This logo is unusually common simply because it appears on a trailer included on the "Wizard of Oz" DVD by Time Warner.

[quizmaster85]

I think this was included in a early 1970s rerelease trailer for "The Wizard of Oz"

[Neville6000]

Let's hope that 'Hot Tub Time Machine' will save MGM-Leo The Lion's not looking so good these days.

[NitekMuscle]

I mis-read that as 'Children's Mattress'. I do like the use of the Mary Tyler Moore font and overall graphic design work.

[segasonic623]

Children's logo, hmm? That lion roar might suddenly surprise the little folks who are watching this logo.

[pooka5472]

@segasonic623 Thankfully, though, the parents are usually watching the movie with the children.

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

@segasonic623 - I already don't like the lion's roar (probably because when I watch my Stargate SG-1 DVDs, I have the volume up too much), so this logo would have TERRIFIED me when I was a kid!

[looneywoman]

Does anyone know what specific movies this logo was used for?

[ShaDeed329]

I remember that two years ago!

[Neville6000]

That logo was from the '60's, used when a movie would re-released by MGM as a children's matinee.

[ShaDeed329]

I know that.

[Neville6000]

Oops, sorry!

[ShaDeed329]

You good.

[ricsanta1]

It was also used in the early 1970s -- I remember there were two children's matinees released by MGM in early 1973 that used this logo: "The Phantom Tollbooth" and "The Secret Garden".