The Universal Story (TV 1995)

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TV Documentary - 120 min - Documentary

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An overview of the history of film studio Universal Pictures, featuring clips from many of its films.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself
	Lew Ayres	...	Himself (archive sound) (voice)
	Kirk Douglas	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Michael J. Fox	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Tom Hanks	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Alfred Hitchcock	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Boris Karloff	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Susan Kohner	...	Herself (archive sound)
	Spike Lee	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Mary Tyler Moore	...	Herself (archive sound)
	Paul Newman	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Gregory Peck	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Mary Pickford	...	Herself (archive sound)
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself (archive sound)
	Sid Sheinberg	...	Himself (archive sound)

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Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula." The Leammle's loss of the studio is covered up through it's merger with International pictures in the 40s The 1950s ushered in the studio's star development program with Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis and its star/studio profit-sharing policy that began with James Stewart. The evolution into the... Written by duke1029@aol.com

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