From the Archives: Universal Studio Centennial Ends But The Melody Lingers On
The Fort Lee Film Commission and the Englewood Cliffs Historical Committee are producing a film documenting the history of the last standing Fort Lee movie studio.
If you have not yet been to the Fort Lee Museum to see our exhibit Universal Studio Centennial: From Fort Lee to Universal City you still have through Jan. 27 -- time enough to revisit our past and some of our present. The exhibit, courtesy of the Fort Lee Film Commission and the Fort Lee Historical Society, contains rare archival photos and artifacts from Universal’s early days in Fort Lee. Thanks to Universal Studios, the exhibit also includes a room devoted to the NBC/Universal hit TV show Law & Order SVU which has shot on location in Fort Lee extensively over the last several years. Universal Studios has generously loaned us props from the show and they also have permanently donated items to our museum from the show including Fort …
Tom Meyers
3:21 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
We plan on making it available via the internet on our Fort Lee FIlm Commission web site at some point as our point is to get this information and history out to those interested, most especially film historians from around the world. On a regular basis we get inquiries from film researchers / archivists from around the globe via our Fort Lee Film Commission website - this past week researchers … more ›