{"product_id":"universal-city-studios-club-cafe-1941","title":"Universal City Studios club cafe 1941","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLights, camera, action! This simple illustration of studio lights was on the cover of a Universal City Studios menu in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1914, Carl Laemmele purchased the 230-acre Taylor Ranch, five miles north of Hollywood, California, and began construction on Universal City, the largest and most advanced filmmaking facility in the world at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe German American immigrant envisaged a factory-based, assembly-line mode of film production, with an annual output of some 250 films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUniversalCity was not only a gigantic working studio, it also had its own police force, mayor, post office, bank, school and zoo. The general public was invited to see the movie-making action for an admission fee of five cents, but these groundbreaking studio tours were discontinued around 1930 due to the advent of ‘talkies’ and stages not being sufficiently soundproofed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe studio’s trademark genre in the 1930s were horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein (1931) The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and a remarkable range of film-making talent started at Universal including the actor Rudolph and director John Ford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Other famous films made there include To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) The Blues Brothers (1980) Scarface (1983) Field of Dreams (1989) and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and Jurassic Park (1993), among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis 1969 menu had a ‘celebrity room’ section and proudly notes that waitresses’ uniforms were created by Jean Louis. The French\/American fashion designer was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and designed costumes for Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn and Judy Garland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHis most famous design was Marilyn Monroe’s ‘nude’ sparkling gown that she wore to sing Happy birthday to President John F Kennedy in 1962. The dress sold at auction in 2016 for $4.8m, making it the most expensive dress in the world. We wonder what the waitresses’ uniforms were like!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLaemmele’s dream of allowing the general public access to filmmaking took flight again in 1961 when Universal recommenced tours of the studio. Today, Universal Studios and its theme parks across the globe host millions of film fans every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491887259814,"sku":"mzg1790052697125","price":17.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491887292582,"sku":"llt1790052697126","price":19.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491887325350,"sku":"wpi1790052697127","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491887358118,"sku":"vfs1790052697128","price":42.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491887390886,"sku":"gys1790052697129","price":67.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491887423654,"sku":"umu1790052697130","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/universal-city-studios-club-cafe-1941_1.webp?v=1790052700","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/universal-city-studios-club-cafe-1941","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}