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Universal Film Manufacturing Company


  • [Universal Film Manufacturing Company (est. 1912) was a motion picture production company. Formed in a merger of Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) and five other companies, the company was renamed Universal Pictures Corporation in 1922.]

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    • Universal Moving Pictures
    • Universal Films

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    • Field of Activity

      film production

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  • Sources

    • found: Draga, the gypsy [MP] 1913(name not given)
    • found: Hirschhorn, Clive. The Universal story, 1983(Universal Film Manufacturing Company)
    • found: LC data base, 5-7-87(hdg.: Universal Film Manufacturing Company)
    • found: Lucille Love, the girl of mystery. Series no. 8 [MP] 1914:credits (Universal Moving Pictures)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 2, 2009(under: Universal Studios; original founder: Carl Laemmle founded Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) (1910); on June 8, 1912, he merged IMP with eight smaller companies to form, Universal Film Manufacturing Company; in 1925, the company was incorporated as: Universal Pictures Company; throughout the years, the company has undergone several mergers and name changes; currently (2009): Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal)
    • found: Internat. direct. of company histories, 2009:p. 423 (Universal Film Manufacturing Company; est. in 1912 in a merger of Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) and five other companies; motion picture production company) p. 424 (renamed Universal Pictures Corporation in 1922)
    • found: Dick, B. City of dreams, 1997:p. 33 (Universal Film Manufacturing Company; est. June 8, 1912; formed in merger of IMP, the Powers Motion Picture Company, Rex Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, Champion Film Company, Nestor Film Company, and the New York Motion Picture Company)
    • found: Fultonhistory WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2012The billboard, Oct. 19, 1912, p. 14 (legal controversy between the Bison or New York Motion Picture Co., and Universal Film Manufacturing Company ended on Oct. 11, 1912; the New York Motion Picture Co. relinquished the right to use the name Bison or 101 Bison to Universal)
    • found: The sinking of the Lusitania, 1918:title frame (Universal Films)

  • General Notes

    • [Universal Film Manufacturing Company (est. 1912) was a motion picture production company. Formed in a merger of Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) and five other companies, the company was renamed Universal Pictures Corporation in 1922.]

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    • 1987-05-13: new
    • 2023-09-28: revised

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