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Mar. 16, 1935;
UNIVERSAL WEEKLY
Bird's-eye view of the village which was built at tremendous expense on Universal City back lot for the out-door scenes of “The Bride of Frankenstein .”
had been filmed by natural sunlight. It had the first structural steel stage, constructed for "Phantom of the Opera."
Bernstein included a residential district in his plan for the studio which gave it the rating of a city.
In October, 1914 it had 500 inhabitants including 75 Indians living in tepees, cowboys, movie soldiers, workmen and their families.
The first child was born there on December 21st, 1914 to the leader of the cowboys Charles Oelze and his wife and named Carl Laemmle Oelze. This young man will take part in the celebration on this very afternoon.
The twentieth anniversary finds Universal City dwindled from 500 inhabitants to 19. This is because increased transport facility makes residence elsewhere convenient. The city maintains its own fire department and police force of 40 men. It has its own hospital, stables, electric light plant and water power system, a huge artificial lake high in the hills, more than ten miles of roads, 350 telephones, eight projection rooms a gym and nurseries and school rooms for child actors. Mrs. Emma
Carl Laemmle opens the gates of City with a gold key in the presence Oakley, the only woman chief of California.
Norton, 91, is the oldest resident. Baby Jane, three years and six months old is the youngest of the 45 contract players. The studio employs 14 directors,
24 scenarists, 13 produc
R. H. Cochrane, Mrs. R.H.
Cochrane, Mrs. Laemmle,
Carl Laemmle and Isidore Bernstein icalking down the Laemmle Boulevard to the opening ceremonies on March 15th, 1915.
ers and associate producers of films.
Here were made such famous films as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Dracula," "Frankenstein," "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Invisible Man," "Back Street," "All Quiet on the Western Front," and "Imitation of Life." The recently finished sequel, "The Bride of Frankenstein" and such films as "The Werewolf of London," "Mr. Dynamite," "The Raven," "Magnificent Obsession," Diamond Jim," "Show Boat," "Princess O Hara" and "Sutter's Gold" are all planned to follow the tradition.
Universal City stands on historic ground. It is situated at the lower end of San Fernando Valley, from which the ground rises rapidly into the Cahuenga Pass. This Pass is the only natural road over the low mountains into the City of Los Angeles. It was naturally a strategic spot. Ninety years ago this month a bloodless battle was fought on the exact site of Universal City. Some time Carl Laemmle will erect a monument on this spot to one of the few battles fought on California soil. This was a sort of a funny battle, in that neither of the parties actually wanted to fight.
Captain Johann Sutter who is the hero of one of Universal's forthcoming pictures, was one of those present at the battle, but unwilling to fight because the battle was solely between Spaniards. It lasted for three days. There was a lot of gun fire, a lot of noise, a lot of excitement, but after one mule had been killed and two men had been wounded on each side, the brave warriors got together and celebrated a temporal peace with a huge barbecue. (Continued on Page 16_
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