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The Romance of Universal City
In ten years it has developed from a group of shacks into the largest and most complete motion-picture studio in the world.
WHEN the Universal company celebrated its tenth anniversary recently, another page was completed in the history of the motion-picture industry which was begun by the erection of a small collection of primitive studio buildings huddled beneath the California hills. Universal City, as it looked in 1915, is shown in the picture at the bottom of the page.
The large picture, an airplane view, is the latest one taken of Universal City. The six hundred acres which now make up the lot are dotted with sights which make it one of the most fascinating places in the world. Practically every part of the earth is represented there.
In the rear of the picture, just below the farthest hill, may be seen the arched structure of the cathedral constructed for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," with surrounding French settings. Just to the right of it, in the same group, are the Monte Carlo Casino and the Cafe de Paris, which Von Stroheim built for
"Foolish Wives." Under the little hill in the center of the picture the ground is tunneled into catacombs, which were used in "Phantom of the Opera."
On the slope of another hill is a quaint little Canadian village ; in still another section is a small town in Indiana. Dotted here and there are streets and houses representing towns in Vienna, London, China, India, Algeria. A South Seas jungle is here too, as well as New York streets that imitate both the Bowery and the quiet residential parts. A portion of South America, with a bull ring, colors another part of the lot. The complete two-story set showing the home of the Count in "Foolish Wives" is still standing.
Among the group of large buildings in the center of the picture are the five inclosed stages where interior shots are made, as well as six open ones. The administration buildings and offices are also in this section. The street running through Universal City in the foreground of the picture is Cahuenga Boulevard, Continued on page 104