It is the intention of the company to make the new plant merely an addition to its present holdings in this locality. The initial outlay will amount to about $60,000, but the plans call for the expenditure of more than $1,000,000 in the next five years. A few buildings are now under way and others are to be erected without delay. The stages are now being built.Īt one place the river is to be dammed and an artificial lake constructed. There are to be six mammoth stages capable of accommodating the biggest productions, and two of them will be of solid concrete so that horses and heavy wagons may be used on them, and fires built if necessary. Those who have time and inclination may figure out for themselves that a tract of land eight miles long and four miles wide contains, in round figures, 20,000 acres, and this will give some idea of the magnitude of the Universal's new plant. Leasing arrangements have also been made whereby the Universal Company will have the exclusive use of 8,000 acres of land adjoining its new property, with the privilege of purchase. The property, which has been named "Oak Crest," takes in among other natural objects, a mountain range, a river and a grove of timber. Surveyors are now laying it out and preliminary construction work is in progress.
The Universal Company has just purchased 12,000 acres of land in the San Fernando valley near the railroad station of Lankershim and about eight miles from Los Angeles. Plans for the biggest outdoor motion picture studio in the world have been completed by the Universal Company and will be carried out within the next year. September: Universal City (Oak Crest Ranch) Tour began bus excursions from downtown Los Angeles Mexico, are moved permanently to Oak Crest and installed in their new quarters, along with 100 head of horses recently purchased in New Mexico. July 10: With an eye to publicity opportunities, a second official opening is held of the Oak Crest ranch, as it is formally named 'Universal City'.Īugust 13: Fifty Chimallo Indians from the Isleta reservation near Albuquerque, N. The location of Bison 101 brand of western movies
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Movie production begins.ĭecember 3: The Oak Crest Studio grounds were open to the Public. The Nestor ranch or Providencia ranch in the San Fernando Valley was called the "Oak Crest Ranch" in the film trade publications.
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company formed.Īugust: Universal takes control of the Nestor Studio Operations in Hollywood. IMP (International Motion Picture Company) founded by Carl Laemmle.
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