Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle came up with the name Universal for his film company after seeing a passing delivery wagon<\/p>\n
Traffic in Souls was the first feature length film released by Universal in 1913<\/p>\n
At the advent of motion pictures, tickets cost five cents which is how the theatre name \u2018nickelodeon\u2019 originated<\/p>\n
Universal City, CA officially opened on 15 March 1915<\/p>\n
Universal produced and distributed over 9,000 silent era \u201centertainment\u201d films \u2013 including serials \u2013 between 1912 and 1929<\/p>\n
Universal\u2019s first \u2018talkie\u2019 film was \u2018Melody of Love\u2019 which was released in 1928<\/p>\n
Famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse made his debut at a Universal owned theatre in 1928<\/p>\n
Universal Pictures was first listed on the Stock Exchange in 1925<\/p>\n
Universal\u2019s longest running TV series is \u2018Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s presents\u2019 which ran for 361 episodes<\/p>\n
E.T holds the record for the most weekends at #1 (16 weeks). It also holds the record for the most weekends in the top 10 (44 weeks)<\/p>\n
\u2018Creature from the Black Lagoon\u2019 was Universal\u2019s first entry into the 3-D market in 1954<\/p>\n
Universal Pictures has won 149 Academy Awards and received 690 nominations<\/p>\n
Universal Pictures first Best Picture Academy Award was won for All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930<\/p>\n
When the Universal Studios Tour opened to the general public in 1964, the cost of admission for one adult was $2.50<\/p>\n
The collage in The Caf\u00e9 of the Universal Studios Commissary consists of 172 movie posters, the earliest from Imitation of Life<\/em> (1934)<\/p>\n 1 in every xxx households own at least one Universal film<\/p>\n A Universal DVD is sold every xxx seconds<\/p>\n Universal Pictures most expensive film was King Kong which cost $207m<\/p>\n Universal Pictures highest grossing film of all time is E.T: The Extra Terrestrial<\/p>\n Stephen Spielberg named his mechanical shark in Jaws \u2018Bruce\u2019<\/p>\n The sound of the knife stabbing actress Janet Leigh in the famous shower scene in Psycho was created by plunging a knife into a casaba melon<\/p>\n Elizabeth Taylor made her feature film debut in Universal\u2019s \u2018There\u2019s One Born Every Minute\u2019 in 1942<\/p>\n Universal\u2019s film vaults hold 5,000 feature films and over 40,000 hours of episodic television<\/p>\n A school, zoo and hospital have all existed at one time on the Universal Studios lot<\/p>\n And in the last year\u2026.<\/p>\n 545,309 guest and visitor passes were issued for Universal Studios<\/p>\n 57,956 people and vehicles passed through Gate One<\/p>\n 347 TV episodes were shot on the Universal lot, 112 episodes being for Foley<\/p>\n Universal\u2019s Costume Department rented 198,190 items and the Property Department received 22,804 orders, placing 346,282 items<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle came up with the name Universal for his film company after seeing a passing delivery wagon Traffic in Souls was the first feature length film released by Universal in 1913 At the advent of motion pictures, tickets cost five cents which is how the theatre name \u2018nickelodeon\u2019 originated Universal City,<\/p>\n