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MCA owned the studio lot, but not Universal Pictures, yet was increasingly influential on Universal's products. The studio lot was upgraded and modernized, while MCA clients like Doris Day , Lana Turner , Cary Grant , and director Alfred Hitchcock were signed to Universal contracts.
Nov 27, 1990 · 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 former chicken ranch in North ...
In December 1958, MCA bought the 423-acre (1.71 km 2) Universal Studios lot from Universal Pictures for $11,250,000 and renamed it, as well as the actual television unit, Revue Studios. [10] As part of the deal, MCA leased the studios back to Universal for $2 million a year, plus unlimited access to MCA's clients such as Jimmy Stewart, Rock ...
In 1990, with the 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video and used that name alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997.
- (August 11, 1951-1955) Visuals: On a dark background (shot on the Revue camera) is a reel of film with a black rectangle in front of it. The words "DISTRIBUTED BY" in a Futura font, appear atop the reel.
- (August 1, 1953-1957) Visuals: Virtually the same alignment as before, except that the reel doesn't take up as much picture space, is placed on a sunburst background, the text "DISTRIBUTED BY" is in a different font, "MCA", "TV" and "LTD."
- (1956-1965) Visuals: On a dark screen, 5 trilons turn to reveal an arrowhead which has the letters "mca" in a lower-case font inside, set against a satiny background.
- (December 24, 1980-1992) Visuals: Similar to the 1971-1991 Universal Television logo, except the company name is replaced by: MCA. ® TV. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc Inc. and MCA Videocassette Inc.) is the home video distribution division of American film studio Universal Pictures, owned...
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Wasserman and Sheinberg ruled the MCA-Universal empire for the next two decades, thus becoming the most enduring and stable management team in Hollywood.
