Historical Photos To Blow Your Mind: New Release!

Regal Logo

This is the photo shoot and sound recording of the MGM lion’s roar. The logo’s official name is Leo, but there have been many lions to portray him over the years: Slats, Jackie, Telly, Coffee, Tanner, George, and another Leo.

Jackie is shown roaring in the photo above. The lion was trained by Mel Koontz, and though a lion has been used as a logo before, Jackie was the first to roar, heard through a gramophone record for MGM’s first production with sound, White Shadows in the South Seas, released in 1928. Jackie was the lion used from 1928 to 1956.

Mona Lisa Returns

After World War I, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was returned to the Louvre. The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on August 21, 1911. The museum was closed for an entire week during the investigation. Both the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire, and his friend, the artist Pablo Picasso, were brought in for questioning. Two years later, the real thief revealed himself and the painting was brought back.

After two years, the real thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, revealed himself. He was an Italian patriot who believed da Vinci’s painting should be returned to Italy to be displayed in a museum there.