This 1969 promo film for Universal Studios was produced by William N. Burch follows actor and comedian Cliff Arquette as he visits the different sights at Universal Studios. (Arquette was best known for performing comedic routines as his alter-ego Charley Weaver on numerous television and radio shows.) The tour group gets to see different dressing rooms, movie sets and props, real movies or TV shows being filmed, as well as different amusement attractions for children, an animal show, and a fight between two stuntmen. Arquette also meets several famous actors at the time, including Barbara Anderson, Darren McGavin, Terry Wilson, and Robert Wagner.

0:08 different iconic movie scenes including tank battles, dancing, rocket launches, planes flying, and Westerns, 1:17 “A Visit to Universal Studios” main titles with Cliff Arquette, 1:38 aerial overview of Hollywood and Universal City, 1:58 entrance to Universal Studios, 2:20 tourists get on a tram and begin driving, 3:08 famed costume designer Edith Head meeting fans, 3:28 tourists visit Lana Turner’s dressing room and house, 4:35 tourists from the group re-enact a love scene in front of a real camera, 5:38 a collection of different flats or set walls, 6:07 Arquette speaks with actress Barbara Anderson, best known for her role as police officer Eve Whitfield on the television series “Ironside” 6:32 overview of the “European Street” part of the Universal lot, 6:48 tram drives through the Western street, 7:12 two cowboys fighting, 7:33 Arquette dressed as a cowboy, 8:27 Arquette speaking with Darren McGavin, an actor who portrayed the title character in Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, and who starred in “Riverboat” and “Murphy Brown” 9:12 Arquette looking at different dressing rooms from the outside, 9:53 Arquette meets Robert Wagner, star of “Hart to Hart” among other shows 10:34 famous movies sets including the house used by Albert Hitchcock in Psycho and the bridge used in Sweet Charity, 11:03 an overview of prop plaza, 11:47 Arquette in a replica / fake stagecoach, 12:03 tourists looking at a fake gorilla, 13:02 overview of the tourist trams and crowds at Universal Studios, 13:40 Frankenstein’s monster, which first came to life on screen thanks to Universal’s Carl Laemmle, is shown walking through the crowds, 14:03 Arquette speaks to a monster, 14:36 tourists watch a puppet show, 16:26 Terry Wilson, 16:54 tourists seeing how movie make up works, 17:08 kids enjoying themselves at a petting zoo, 17:46 tourists watching a bird show with macaws performing different tricks, 18:40 a cat performing tricks, 19:00 Emcee introducers a crow which performs tricks, 20:09 a dog performing different tricks, 22:06 two stunt men acting out a fight, 23:52 Directed by Cullen B. Houghtaling, Produced by William N. Burch, 24:14 Universal City Studios

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