Alfred Hitchcock And The MGM Lion

When was the last time you actually served a nice cup of tea to a lion at a dinner table? Well director Alfred Hitchcock did for Hollywood studio MGM. Apparently according to a popular story, The Lion was later nominated for an academy award, and lost and then in November of 1974, Hitchcock wrote to young Martin Scorsese the day before dying, with a note that read:

“Marty, you must raise this boy and put him in everything you do. Make him an Oscar winner, or I will haunt you until your death -AH”. True or False? But this photo is very incredibly real.