Sound Stage 28 (Phantom Stage)

USA / California / West Hollywood /
 historical layer / disappeared object, sound stage
Demolished in September, 2014. It is now only a memory. This historic stage was razed so they could expand the "theme park." Very short sighted.

Known as the Phantom Stage, hidden at the rear of this stage were the original sets for the Paris Opera house, as built for The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. Parts of the auditorium set still survived, making them the oldest surviving movie sets in the world. The Phantom stage was also unique in that no other sound stage in Hollywood history has been named after a single film. This stage was the oldest on the Universal lot.

Productions that have filmed here include:
-The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - This is why it's called the Phantom Stage. Some say that it is haunted by the Phantom of the Opera.
-Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
-Dracula (1931)
-The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
-The Raven (1935)
-Flash Gordon (1936)
-One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
-An Appointment for Love (1941)
-The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
-The Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
-Psycho (1960)
-The Birds (1963)
-Charade (1963)
-Texas Across the River (1966)
-Torn Curtain (1966)
-Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
-Airport (1970)
-The Sting (1973)
-The Eiger Sanction (1975)
-Gable and Lombard (1976)
-Mask (1985)
-Sixth Sense (1972, TV series)
-Knight Rider (1986, TV series)
-Big Break (1990)
-SeaQuest DSV (1993 - 1996 TV series)
-Jurassic Park (1993)
-The American President (1995)
-Casper (1995)
-The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
-Life (1999)
-Mystery Men (1999)
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
-The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
-Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
-The Fast and the Furious (2001)
-The Scorpion King (2002)
-The Cat in the Hat (2003)
-Hulk (2003)
-The Ring Two (2005)
-The Skeleton Key (2005)
-War of the Worlds (2005)
-Jarhead (2005)
-The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
-Idlewild (2006)
-You, Me & Dupree (2006)
-Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007)
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Coordinates:   34°8'29"N   118°21'26"W

Comments

  • Actually this is stage 27 not 28, I worked at universal twice, as a ride op at Back to the future and years later in a copy center near this sound stage.
  • Actually, Watchdog, according to the official lot map of Universal, it IS Stage 28. Here is a link: http://www.filmmakersdestination.com/working/search.cgi
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