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- By the end of 1962, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal.
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MCA owned the studio lot, but not Universal Pictures, yet was increasingly influential on Universal's products. The studio lot was upgraded and modernized, while MCA clients like Doris Day , Lana Turner , Cary Grant , and director Alfred Hitchcock were signed to Universal contracts.
By the end of 1962, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal. In 1964, MCA entered the music publishing business when it acquired Lou Levy's Leeds Music, [17] and formed Universal City Studios the same year in effort to merge under one umbrella both Universal Pictures and its Revue Studios division, which was later reincorporated as Universal ...
Operating at a loss in the late 1940s, Universal Pictures exploited the popularity of the low budget Ma and Pa Kettle movies with ten productions. Ownership changed again in 1952 when Decca Records acquired controlling interest in Universal Pictures.
Nov 27, 1990 · 1962: MCA purchases Universal Pictures and its parent company, Decca Records. 1964: MCA begins charging tourists for tram rides through the studios and back lots, marking the start of the...
Apr 10, 1995 · The deal, which is expected to close by June after some routine legal and financial reviews are made, gives Bronfman 80% of the company that owns Universal Pictures, MCA Music and the...
May 3, 1998 · Describes how Bronfman sold Seagram's share in DuPont in order to buy MCA—a deal which may have cost shareholders more than nine billion dollars in DuPont-related gains...
After a period of complete shutdown, a moribund Universal agreed to sell its 360-acre (1.5 km²) studio lot to MCA in 1958, for $11 million, renamed Revue Studios. Although MCA owned the studio lot, but not Universal Pictures, MCA was increasingly influential on Universal's product.
