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'''Universal City Studios LLC''' (doing business as '''Universal Pictures''') is an American film | '''Universal City Studios LLC''' (doing business as '''Universal Pictures''') is an American film studio owned by Universal Studios, Inc., a division of [[NBCUniversal]], itself owned by Comcast. It is the oldest film studio in Hollywood, having originally been founded on April 30, 1912 as the '''Universal Film Manufacturing Company''' by Carl Laemmle, a German-Jewish immigrant who settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was formed from a merger of several film companies: Independent Moving Pictures (IMP), Powers Motion Picture Company, [[Rex Motion Picture Manufacturing Company]], [[Champion Film Company]], [[Nestor Film Company]], and the New York Motion Picture Company. In 1923, the studio was renamed '''Universal Pictures Corporation'''. | ||
During the early 1920s, Irving Thalberg was entrusted with most of Universal's production policy decisions. Thalberg made distinct improvements of quality and prestige in Universal's output while dealing with director Erich von Stroheim's inability to control the expense and length of his films. Thalberg eventually fired Stroheim and replaced him with Rupert Julian. Louis B. Mayer lured Thalberg away from Universal in late 1922 to his own growing studio, Louis B. Mayer Productions, and Thalberg continued in the same position when that studio was merged into [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1924. Without Thalberg's guidance, Universal became a second-tier studio for several decades. | During the early 1920s, Irving Thalberg was entrusted with most of Universal's production policy decisions. Thalberg made distinct improvements of quality and prestige in Universal's output while dealing with director Erich von Stroheim's inability to control the expense and length of his films. Thalberg eventually fired Stroheim and replaced him with Rupert Julian. Louis B. Mayer lured Thalberg away from Universal in late 1922 to his own growing studio, Louis B. Mayer Productions, and Thalberg continued in the same position when that studio was merged into [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1924. Without Thalberg's guidance, Universal became a second-tier studio for several decades. | ||