Universal Pictures is an American film studio, founded by Carl Laemmle together with several partners who merged a number of smaller film companies. It built a large studio complex, Universal City, in California in the 1910s, and it became known in the 1930s for its horror films, including Dracula and Frankenstein, which created the image of the classic movie monsters. Later successes included Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, the Jaws films of Steven Spielberg and the Jurassic Park series. The company changed hands several times and is now part of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast. It is among the oldest film studios in the world still in operation, and has theme parks bearing its name.
Before and after
- 1 March 1912Founding of World Tennis
- 23 March 1912Birth of Wernher von Braun
- 27 March 1912Birth of James Callaghan
- 15 April 1912Birth of Kim Il-sung
- 30 April 1912Founding of Universal Pictures
- 8 May 1912Founding of Paramount Pictures
- 6 June 1912Eruption of Novarupta
- 23 June 1912Birth of Alan Turing
- 17 July 1912Founding of World Athletics
More in Society, economy & sport
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 1885Founding of Stanford University
- 1 November 1897Founding of Juventus FC
- 1 January 1901Founding of Australia
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
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