Buster Keaton in The Goat (1921). Film still in the public domain via Breve Storia del Cinema/Flickr Creative Commons Buster Keaton, one of the first great indie filmmakers, moved to a major studio in ...

Throwback Thursday: In 1928, Leo the MGM Lion Survived a Plane Crash Long before Cecil tragically made headlines, America was obsessed with another lion. Leo, ad man Howard Dietz's brainchild, created ...

On July 31, 1928, MGM's Leo the Lion roared for the first time. The iconic mascot dates back to 1924, born from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Ninety-four ...

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of ...