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  1. Universal was founded by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane [a] and Jules Brulatour. One story has Laemmle watching a box office for hours, counting patrons, and calculating the day's takings.

  2. History. Universal Pictures is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California.

  3. Apr 21, 2024 · Universal Pictures bought by Standard Capital. The studio is renamed ‘New Universal Studios’. Showboat is released less than 2 months after Standard Capital takes control, and is a big box-office success. The Laemmle family can only watch from the sidelines. 1939

  4. May 11, 2024 · Universal Studios, American motion-picture studio that was one of the leading producers of film serials in the 1920s and of popular horror films in the ’30s. Carl Laemmle, a film exhibitor turned producer, formed the company in 1912. In its early days it was a top producer of popular low-budget.

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  5. Renamed Universal Pictures Corporation in 1922, the company continued to focus on short, low budget serials, westerns, and melodramas through the 1920s and 1930s while other studios shifted to feature films.

  6. Lists. List of Universal Pictures films (1912–1919) List of Universal Pictures films (1920–1929) List of Universal Pictures films (1930–1939) List of Universal Pictures films (1940–1949) List of Universal Pictures films (1950–1959) List of Universal Pictures films (1960–1969) List of Universal Pictures films (1970–1979)

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  8. Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios, formerly Universal Film Manufacturing Company) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. [1] Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark...

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