Moviegoers nowadays might not know much of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ history outside of its iconic mascot, a lion who introduced each film with it’s iconic roar. It was an introduction that was ...

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: [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 Tarzan book series, was American.