Early Universal City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738570235)

Known as much today for its theme park, Universal City is also the largest and the longest continuously operating movie studio in "Hollywood." The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was formed by a dozen independent producers in 1912, and Universal City was designed to provide a single facility in which to make their films. Since its official opening on March 15, 1915, Universal City has served as a training ground for great directors such as John Ford, William Wyler, and James Whale and as home to stars like Hoot Gibson, Deanna Durbin, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Sr. and Jr., and Tom Mix. This evocative volume explores the studio that brought The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Dracula (1930), Frankenstein (1931), and 100 Men and a Girl (1936) to the screen.

Author: Robert S. Birchard
ISBN-10: 0738570230
ISBN-13: 9780738570235
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.09h x 7.12w x 0.37d