Day to Day book critic David Kipen reviews Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer by Scott Eyman, a new biography of the former co-founder and executive of the MGM movie studio.

This Nov. 21, 2014 photo shows Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume and a three-sheet poster from "The Wizard of Oz," part of the "There's No Place Like Hollywood" movie memorabilia auction at ...

Giancarlo Parretti, who was central to one of Hollywood’s greatest scandals, will reflect on his tumultuous days running MGM for the first time in a new feature doc from the BBC, Fifth Season ...

Leo the MGM lion, 1928 : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTIONS: In this interview, Scott Simon refers to the book Tarzan of the Apes as a “British novel.” In fact, Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the ...

Leo the lion, the MGM mascot who roared in the credits of countless films, settled at the Fairmount Park site in 1931 after a lengthy career in Hollywood.

South Washington Street in downtown Sonora was jammed with people on June 25, 1930, hoping to catch a glimpse of Leo, the Nubian lion famous for appearing in the opening logo of films produced by ...

When a former waiter turned movie mogul, Giancarlo Parretti, buys the legendary MGM/UA (the studio behind The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and the James Bond franchise) for $1.3 billion in ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation." ...