Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal
Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal
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Actress and neice of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, Carla Laemmle recounts the events that occured while filming Phantom of the Opera, The (1925). Not too much ground is covered here, although we do learn a few things about the creation of Universal Pictures in 1915.
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2003-11-11
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