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Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; its former sister company MGM Resorts; and its predecessor Goldwyn Pictures, featured in the studio's production logo, which was created by the Paramount Studios art director Lionel S. Reiss. Since 1916, and through the time the studio was formed by the merger of Samuel Goldwyn's studio with Marcus Loew's Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer's company in 1924, there have been eight different lions used for the MGM logo. Although MGM has referred to all of the lions used in their trademark as "Leo the Lion", only the lion in use since 1957 (a total of 69 years), was actually named "Leo". In 2021, MGM introduced a new CGI logo which features a lion mostly based on Leo. With a few exceptions, the majority of the logos show the roaring lion encircled by a filmstrip, which extends sideways. The words "Trade" and "Mark" are displayed on each side, and portion of the filmstrip contain the motto "Ars Gratia Artis" (art for art's sake) displayed on top of the lion. Below the lion is a comedy mask, which itself is surrounded by wreaths. The name "Metro Goldwyn Mayer" (or before the merger, "A Goldwyn Picture") is currently displayed above the filmstrip, though it was previously displayed within a marquee located below the mask and wreaths.