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Revue Studios (first known as Revue Productions Inc.) was founded in 1943 by MCA Inc. to produce live radio shows; it also produced "Stage Door Canteen" live events for the United Service Organizations (USO) during World War II until it ended in 1945. Revue was re-launched as MCA's television production subsidiary in 1950.
Until 1962, Desilu was the second-largest independent television production company in the United States, behind MCA's Revue Studios, until MCA bought Universal Pictures and Desilu became and remained the number-one independent production company, until Ball sold it to Gulf and Western Industries (then the parent company of Paramount Pictures ...
In December 1958, MCA bought the 423-acre (1.71 km 2) Universal Studios lot from Universal Pictures for $11,250,000 and renamed it, as well as the actual television unit, Revue Studios. [10] As part of the deal, MCA leased the studios back to Universal for $2 million a year, plus unlimited access to MCA's clients such as Jimmy Stewart, Rock ...
co-production with General Television Enterprises, Hal Roach Studios and Lewman Productions/Revue Studios Cameo Theatre: 1950–1955: Victory at Sea: 1952–1953: The Loretta Young Show: 1953–1961: co-production with Lewislor Films and Toreto Enterprises Inner Sanctum: 1954–1955: People are Funny: 1954–1960 Big Town: 1955–1956: The ...
NBC and Universal Television had a partnership dating back to 1950, when Universal Television's earliest ancestor, Revue Studios, produced a number of shows for NBC, although Revue would have hits on other networks as well. This partnership continued throughout a number of name changes and changes of ownership.
Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly as MCA Inc., also known simply as Universal) is an American media and entertainment conglomerate and holding company which owns Universal Pictures. It is the film production arm of NBCUniversal , a division of Comcast .
In the 1950s, Republic leased studio space to Revue Productions, which filmed many early television series on the lot (including early episodes of Leave It to Beaver) before Revue's owner, MCA acquired Universal Pictures and moved Revue's television production to Universal City.
The show was produced by Revue Studios, whose successor-in-interest, NBC Universal Television, was co-owned by GE. Following General Electric Theater ' s cancellation in 1962, the series was replaced in the same time slot by the short-lived GE-sponsored GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.