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The Universal Story

7.7 120 mins Documentary   1996
Top Hat Productions   Universal Television  
Director(s): David Heeley

Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."

Casts of The Universal Story

Kirk Douglas

as Self (archive footage)

Michael J. Fox

as Self (archive footage)

Tom Hanks

as Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock

as Self (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

as Self (archive footage)

Spike Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg

as Self (archive footage)

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