One of the oldest living silent film stars, and the first ever to speak in a talking horror picture, Dracula (1931),
Carla Laemmle returns to her original Phantom of the Opera stage at Universal Studios-- the studio that
her uncle Carl Laemmle founded. Carla spent her childhood on the Universal lot and was the prima ballerina
in the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney.

She was recently celebrated with a lifetime achievement award at the Southern California Motion
Picture Council.

A follower of Buddhist philosophies, and a survivor of the McCarthy Black List era,
Carla Laemmle sheds light on Hollywood, then and now.

Dracula, 1931


Phantom of the Opera 1925








The set from Phantom of the Opera


Carla Laemmle on the Set of Phantom of the Opera, 2009

The following is the Gala Tribute Video played at Carla's centenary birthday celebration at the Egyptian Theatre.

Carla Laemmle Video



An Elusive Entertainment Production
Produced by Tom Tangen
Associate Producer Sally Kirkland
Cinemetography by George Myers

Narration by Sally Kirkland



Special thanks to:
Robert Aragon (video footage)
The American Cinemateque
The Egyptian Theatre
Mike Donahue
Inge Jaklin
Bela Lugosi Jr.
Universal Studios
The Southern California Motion Picture Council

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