Among the eight major producing companies of Hollywood, Universal Pictures Corp. is the oldest and possibly the most extraordinary. It was formed in 1912 by Carl (“Uncle Carl”) Laemmle. For the past ...

Eddie Lambert leads the tour; Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Crawford return from their honeymoon trip; Carl Laemmle, Jr. welcomes Paul Whiteman to Hollywood; Edward Everett shows off his menagerie; ...

THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF CARL LAEMMLE — John Drinkwater — Putnam ($3.50).* “When it was announced that I was writing the life of Carl Laemmle,” says John Drinkwater, “a number of anxious critics asked ...