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City of dreams : the making and remaking of Universal Pictures
- Title
- City of dreams : the making and remaking of Universal Pictures / Bernard F. Dick.
- Author
- Dick, Bernard F.
- Publication
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- ©1997
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 297 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- Horror films, Deanna Durbin musicals, Francis, the talking mule, Ma and Pa Kettle, Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. E.T. (1982). Apollo 13 (1995). These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures. In February 1906, Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and former clothing store manager, opened his first nickelodeon in Chicago, where he quickly moved from exhibition to distribution and then to film production. A master of publicity and promotions, within ten years "Uncle Carl" had moved his entire operation to southern California, founded a city, and established Universal Pictures as one of the major Hollywood studios.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.
- Contents
- Timeline -- The Revolving Door -- The Creation of Uncle Carl -- The City Founder -- Pearls of Wisdom, Jewels of Films -- The House of Laemmle -- The Legacy of Carl Jr. -- The Laemmles' Last Decade -- New Faces for the Forties -- Universal-International and a Coat of Shellac -- In the Embrace of the Octopus -- Behind the Rising Sun -- MCA on the Rocks -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-449
- ISBN
- 0813153441
- 9780813153445
- OCLC
- 1233167714
- Author
- Dick, Bernard F., author.
- Title
- City of dreams : the making and remaking of Universal Pictures / Bernard F. Dick.
- Publisher
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©1997
- Edition
- Expanded paperback edition 2021.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-449