
Jules Stein (Board Chairman) and Lew Wasserman (President) guiding MCA. In 1962, Music Corporation of America (MCA) purchased Decca Records and with it, Universal-International Pictures, leaving Milton Rackmil and Edward Muhl in charge, while Dr. In late 1951, Universal-International was acquired by Decca Records. In 1948, Universal-International ordered the destruction of all remaining silent film copies to collect the silver nitrate after World War II ended.

Cheever Cowdin remained at the helm of Universal Pictures, the parent company. This team ran Universal-International, while Nate Blumberg and J. In 1946, Universal merged with International Pictures, headed by Leo Spitz and William Goetz.

The word "Universal" means "Omnipresent". Universal Pictures was originally formed on Apby Carl Laemmle, a German-Jewish immigrant who settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he managed a clothing store.
