On April 16, 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In honor of MGM's 87th birthday here is a clip of the MGM logo from one of the first films under the MGM banner. This clip is from the 1924 film "He Who Gets Slapped".
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