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Universal Pictures Corporation

LC control no.n 50062415
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Corporate name headingUniversal Pictures Corporation
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See alsoUniversal Pictures Company
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Predecessor: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Product of merger: Universal-International (Firm)
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Biography/History noteUniversal Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company in Universal City, California. Originally established as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1912, it was renamed at the time of its incorporation in 1922. The company merged with International Pictures, Inc. in 1946, forming Universal-International.
Beginning date1922
Ending date1946
Field of activityMotion picture production
Found inGreat expectations. [MP] 1946.
City of dreams, 1997: p. 95 (Universal Pictures Corporation; name changed on Nov. 25, 1922)
Internat. direct. of company histories, 2009 p. 424 (Universal Pictures Corporation; originally est. as Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1912; motion picture production company; located at Universal City, Calif.; renamed New Universal in 1936) p. 425 (merged with International Pictures in 1946)