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Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known as The Laugh Factory to the World, it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914.
Cinematografia. Prodotti. Produzioni cinematografiche. Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale. Gli Hal Roach Studios furono una serie di strutture per la produzione cinematografica, fondate dal produttore e regista cinematografico Hal Roach, presso l'8822 Washington Boulevard di Culver City, California .
- Early Life and Career
- Success
- World War II and Television
- Later Years
- Death and Legacy
- External Links
Roach was born in Elmira, New York, to Charles Henry Roach, whose father was born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, and Mabel Gertrude Bally, her father John Bally being from Switzerland. A presentation by the American humorist Mark Twain impressed Roach as a young grade school student.[citation needed] After an adventurous youth that took him t...
Unable to expand his studios in Downtown Los Angeles because of zoning, Roach purchased what became the Hal Roach Studios from Harry Culver in Culver City, California. During the 1920s and 1930s, he employed Lloyd (his top money-maker until his departure in 1923), Will Rogers, Max Davidson, the Our Gang children, Charley Chase, Harry Langdon, Thelm...
Hal Roach Sr., commissioned in the U.S. Army Signal Reserve Corps in 1927, was called back to active military duty in the Signal Corps in June 1942, at age 50. The studio output he oversaw in uniform was converted from entertainment featurettes to military training films. The studios were leased to the U.S. Army Air Forces, and the First Motion Pic...
In 1955, Roach sold his interests in the production company to his son, Hal Roach Jr., and retired from active production. The younger Roach lacked much of his father's business acumen and was forced to sell the studio in 1958 to The Scranton Corporation, a division of the automobile-parts conglomerate F. L. Jacobs Co.The Roach studio finally shut ...
Hal Roach died in his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, from pneumonia, on November 2, 1992, at the age of 100. He had married twice, and had six children, eight grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren. Roach outlived three of his children by more than 20 years: Hal Jr. (died in 1972), Margaret (died in 1964), and Elizabeth (died in 1946). H...
Hal Roach at IMDbHal Roach at Find a GraveRoach filmography and list of publications at FilmReference.comRoach's 1992 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay LenoGli storici Hal Roach Studios vennero demoliti nel 1963. Per i successivi venti anni, Roach Senior si dedicò saltuariamente all'attività di supervisore, soprattutto sui lavori del passato. All'età di 92 anni, nel 1984, Hollywood lo ripagò del suo tributo al cinema con un premio Oscar alla carriera .
1 apr 2006 · One of Culver City’s lost landmarks was the Hal Roach Studios, originally located at 8822 West Washington Blvd. (at the corner of Washington & National Blvds.). In 1980, the site was marked with an historical plaque as one of the City’s most famous and important studios. FORMED IN 1914.
- Marc Wanamaker
HAL ROACH STUDIOS. by Richard W. Bann. Probably no producer’s work has brought the world more laughter than that of movie pioneer Hal Roach. Dating from 1914, Hal Roach Studios has produced silent motion pictures, sound short subjects and feature-length films, radio and television.
4 apr 2024 · Hal Roach (born January 14, 1892, Elmira, New York, U.S.—died November 2, 1992, Bel Air, California) was an American motion-picture producer, director, and writer best known for his production of comedies of the 1920s and ’30s featuring Harold Lloyd, Will Rogers, Snub Pollard, and Charley Chase, and for the enduringly popular ...
