Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood Title Large enclosed stages began to appear in the early 1920s. Wood and glass constructions were then built (from around 1916) to protect increasingly sophisticated sets, props and equipment from rain, but these proved difficult to work in under the hot sun. Originally, stages were raised platforms in the open-air – this was necessary to get maximum light onto the sets (from the Californian sunshine). With construction beginning in July 1924, the stage was the first to be constructed from steel and concrete. This stage was the oldest and second tallest on the Universal lot. The Phantom stage was also unique in that no other soundstage in Hollywood history has been named after a single film. When the soundstage was demolished in 2014, it’s believed that the parts of the auditorium set that still survived are the oldest surviving movie sets in the world. This historic stage was known as the Phantom Stage, because at one end of this stage there remained the original sets for the Paris Opera house, as built for The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. Stage 28 during a VIP Tour, April 2010 (c)
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