
All movie fans know the classic MGM logo: the golden film reels surrounding a roaring lion. Well the studio that has been in front of hundreds of classic movies is turning 100 in 2024 and Turner Classic Movies is helping to celebrate MGM’s 100th anniversary, with the TCM schedule dedicating Mondays in April to the studio.
In addition to the lion (officially known as Leo the lion), MGM was the home to some of film history's biggest figures, including Louis B. Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn and Irving G. Thalberg. Dubbed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro was the first studio Mayer co-founded before he went out on his own), the studio has been the home of numerous Best Picture winners and other timeless classics from the silent era to today. TCM will be honoring many of these movies, with each Monday set to represent a different era of the studio, including airing a documentary from 1992 about the studio, MGM: When the Lion Roars, throughout the month.