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The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
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| Type of Company |
Production and distribution company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
Formed 8 June 1912, through at least July 1922 |
| Company Principals |
Carl Laemmle
William Swanson, general manager (circa 1912) |
| Company Offices |
225 West 42nd Street in New York, New York, USA (circa 1912)
1600 Broadway in New York, New York (later) |
| Company Studios |
Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
Gower Street and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA (circa 1912 through 1915)
Lankershim Boulevard, Universal City, California, USA (1915 to present) |
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The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, was a merger of IMP, Rex, Éclair, Nestor, Powers, Champion, Yankee Film Company and the New York Motion Picture Company. Later in 1912 Universal added the companies Republic and Gem, and distributed in the United States for Ambrosio and Itala. Red Feather Photoplays was created in January 1916 as a Universal brand name. In 1922, the corporation was reformed into Universal Pictures Corporation.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 32, 44, 82, 144, 159, 162, 213, 217; Robinson-Palace pp. 116-117.
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