Movie Makers & Movies Monsters
Schedule
Tue, 28 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA, United States, California 90230 | Culver City, CA
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Join us for a special Halloween themed program that explores the amazing history of two of Hollywood’s most influential movie moguls -- the renowned Irving Thalberg of MGM and the almost forgotten Carl Laemmle, Jr. of Universal. Both men had the distinction of being elevated to Head of Production while still in their early twenties, with Thalberg being responsible for making arguably the first Universal Studios' Monster film, Hunchback of Notre Dame, before jumping ship to rival MGM. A few years later, Carl Laemmle, Jr., known to one and all as simply "Junior," was put in charge at Universal and pushed the Monster Cycle to a whole new level when he fought to make the first sound horror films, Dracula and Frankenstein. Over the years, these crosstown rivals’ lives intertwined with fascinating parallels.
Julian David Stone, author of the novel, "It’s Alive!," which tells the story of Junior’s quest to get the original 1931 film classic "Frankenstein" made, will share a special presentation on both men, and the Universal Monster Cycle as a whole, that includes rare photos, documents, film footage, and a few surprises. Copies of Julian's novel will be for sale after the program and he will be happy to sign them.
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