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On July 15, 1964, MCA established the Studio Tour, which provided guests a behind-the-scenes glimpse of film and television production at Universal Studios. This established a footprint of what is now known as Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
MCA renovated studio facilities and reinstituted tours of Universal City in 1964. Early movie productions under MCA included Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1962), which grossed $4.6 million, and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Gregory Peck.
Dec 10, 1996 · MCA Inc. has officially changed its name to Universal Studios Inc. and – after a year of design efforts – updated its logo. The MCA name has existed since 1924, when Julius Caesar (Jules) Stein...
Nov 27, 1990 · Nov. 27, 1990 12 AM PT. 1912: Carl Laemmle joins with a half-dozen small motion picture companies to create Universal Pictures. Three years later, he moves the studios to a 230-acre...
In 1964, Universal and Revue Productions were merged to form Universal City Studios, Inc. In 1973, Stein stepped down and Wasserman took over as chairman and chief executive officer. In 1990, MCA was purchased by the Japanese conglomerate Matsushita Electric.
In 1964, MCA formed Universal City Studios, Inc., merging the motion pictures and television arms of Universal Pictures Company and Revue Productions (officially renamed as Universal Television in 1966).
By the mid-1970s MCA had transformed the back lot of Universal Studios into one of America ’ s largest tourist attractions, with over four million visitors a year. The complex includes company offices, a hotel, restaurants, an amphitheater, and the sets and sound stages of Universal City Studios, where much of MCA ’ s filming takes place.
