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	Hal Roach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hal Roach was a guest on Late Night with David Letterman in 1982, where he recounted experiences with such stars as Stan Laurel and Jean Harlow; he even did a brief, energetic demonstration of a hula dance.
		Hal Roach was two months away from his one-hundred-and-first birthday, when he died on November 2, 1992, at his home in Bel Air, California from natural causes.
		Hal Roach Studios, reduced to a film library, was bought by a Canadian company that primarily handling the business of keeping the library in the public eye and licensing products based upon the classic film series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hal_Roach_Studios (986 words)

	Hal Roach
		It was also the Roach Studio that perfected and patented one of the earliest forms of computer colorization in the 1980's, an enterprise that was greeted with mixed reactions, but one that restored the corporation to profitability.
		Roach himself, his mind sharp as a tack right up to the end, stayed active in his later years, was a frequent subject for interviews, and made a memorable TV appearance with David Letterman at the age of 96.
		At that ceremony, the 100-year-old Roach made an endearing gaffe when he stood up from his seat and addressed the crowd with an impromptu speech, unaware that there was no microphone in the vicinity (Crystal quipped that Roach was merely offering the TV audience a taste of what silent films were like).
	www.laurelandhardycentral.com /roach2.htm (923 words)

	Pages in the History of the Elmira \| Hal Roach: Director and Producer
		The son of Irish immigrants, Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York on January 14, 1892.
		Hal Roach Studios became the first Hollywood motion-picture company to photograph entirely in color (Cinecolor) and the only studio at the time devoted to producing films for television exclusively.
		Hal Roach died on November 2, 1992 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.
	www.ci.elmira.ny.us /history/hal_roach.html (767 words)

	Stan Laurel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1927, Oliver Hardy, another member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and Stan was asked to return to the front of the cameras.
		Roach Studios' supervising director Leo McCarey noticed the audience reaction to the two and had begun intentionally teaming them together, leading to the creation of the Laurel and Hardy series late that year.
		During the 1930s, Laurel was involved in a dispute with Hal Roach and ended up having his contract terminated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stan_Laurel (1475 words)

	Hal Roach article
		Roach was in the movie business to make a profit, and if a short film was going well but had strayed beyond the standard length of two reels, Roach was not adverse to allowing the film to go longer, as long as he felt the additional footage made for a better film.
		Hal Roach built his reputation on short comedies, but in the latter half of the 1930s, when market forces made short films less popular with distributors, Roach had no choice but to move into features.
		Roach retired in 1955, and, under the poor management of his son, Hal Roach, Jr., the studio went bankrupt in 1959.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /articles/halroacharticle.html (2748 words)

	Roach - Facing the Corporate Roots of American Fascism
		Roach’s partner, Vittorio Mussolini, complained about this to his dad, the dictator, saying: “There are more Jews in Hollywood than in Tel-Aviv!” Only two studio heads met with Reifenstahl: Hal Roach and Walt Disney.
		When Roach retired in 1955, his son Hal Jr., took over and the studio was bankrupt in four years.
		Hal Sr., who lived to be 100, received an honourary Oscar for comedy in 1984, while Ronald Reagan was acting as president.
	coat.ncf.ca /our_magazine/links/53/roach.html (447 words)

	Culver Studios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Culver Studios is the exception to that rule; its exterior facade is a grand colonial mansion, a virtual copy of George Washington's Mount Vernon, fronted by sweeping green lawns, sculpted hedges, flowering rose bushes, and the picturesque white "mansion" itself.
		The studio is not open to the public, and no tours are offered.
		The public is not admitted to the studio (except for live TV tapings).
	www.seeing-stars.com /Studios/CulverStudios.shtml (1211 words)

	A History Of The Hal Roach Studios by Southern Illinois University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although Roach certainly was successful, you will be surprised with all of the failed comedy series that he tried.
		With this stable of stars, the Roach enterprise operated for forty-six years on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system during a golden age of cinema and gained notoriety as a producer of short comedies, independent features, and weekly television series.
		Hal Roach's tactic was to nurture talent rather than exhaust it, and his star players spent the prime of their careers shooting productions on his lot.
	www.naturalskincare.ws /stuff-080932637X.html (743 words)

	History - Hal Roach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In a 1990 interview, 98 year old Hal Roach told me that Harold Lloyd was "the best comedian, second only to Chaplin," and the reason he could finance his new studio.
		Hal Roach received an honorary Oscar in 1983 " in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form."
		During the war, the Roach Studio was known as "Fort Roach," where training films were made by Ronald Reagan, Alan Ladd and a multitude of other industry folk.
	www.culvercity.org /cityinfo/history/hal_roach.html (358 words)

	The Hal Roach Studio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Actually, his studios are no more, and you may not recognize his name, but you will surely recognize his product.
		The Hal Roach Studios were for over 30 years known as the Lot of Fun.
		Roach's studio was noted for the comic short films that he produced, both during the silent film era, and during the talkies.
	www.familyfirst.com /the_hal_roach_studio.html (382 words)

	Roach Studios
		The entrance to the studio is surrounded by beautiful walks, a green park with a fountain playing in front of the main door.
		The Roach studio is one of the three large ones in Culver City.
		Roach has built up the studio and organized his companies since 1919, when he moved there from an obscure location; Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles.
	silentgents.com /xRoachStudios.html (183 words)

	Laurel & Hardy - The Official Homepage
		Dating back to 1914, Hal Roach Studios was known as the "laugh factory to the world," and the "lot of fun." Leo McCarey found laughs, fun, and a home there inside the studio's friendly confines of 14 acres located on Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California.
		Roach believed Chase would be more valuable if he would appear once again in front of the cameras, this time as a star (a decade earlier Chase had supported Charlie Chaplin at Keystone).
		Hal Roach always maintained that next to Charlie Chaplin, "there was no better gag man in the business than Stan Laurel." On another occasion Roach said, "Leo McCarey had a great mind for comedy situations, which Stan admired.....
	www.laurel-and-hardy.com /html/news/hn5.html (5604 words)

	al.com: TV
		Richard Ward, an associate professor of communications at the University of South Alabama and an enthusiastic scholar of the early motion picture industry, became enamored with the legacy of the legendary Hal Roach Studios at an early age.
		Roach was a behind-the-scenes industry pioneer whose company left a long-lasting imprint on the screen and on popular culture.
		The book chronicles the rise and fall of what was known as "the lot that laughter built," a cinematic enterprise that for 46 years survived and sometimes thrived on the fringes of the old Hollywood studio system.
	www.al.com /tv/mobileregister/mbrantley.ssf?/base/entertainment/1144678507143170.xml&coll=3 (414 words)

	Fay Wray: The Famous Scream
		One day, as she and her mother walked by the studio, a pair of producers recognized her and invited her to appear in their new movie.
		When her contract at Hal Roach was finished, Fay moved to Universal.
		In 1926, along with Mary Astor, Joan Crawford and her dressing roommate Janet Gaynor, Fay was voted a WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Star, an honor that meant she was thought to have a promising career ahead of her.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_actresses/71531/2 (474 words)

	TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
		With this stable of stars, the Roach enterprise operated for forty-six years on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system during a golden age of cinema.
		In A History of the Hal Roach Studios (Southern Illinois University Press), Richard Lewis Ward meticulously follows the timeline of the company's existence from its humble inception in 1914 to its close in 1960 and, through both its obscure and famous productions, traces its resilience to larger trends in the entertainment business.
		Ward chronicles how the Roach Studios, at the mercy of exclusive distribution practices, managed to repeatedly redefine itself in order to survive for nearly a half-century in a cutthroat environment.
	www.tcm.com /movienews/index/?cid=93124 (584 words)

	Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Law
		Turning to the present infringement, the Defendants received permission from Hal Roach and Hal Roach Studios to manufacture and distribute "Music Box" phonorecords containing renditions of the songs at issue in this case.
		The Ninth Circuit noted that, at a minimum, Defendants were required to present some credible evidence that Shield's work was done at the instance and expense of either Hal Roach or Victor in order for the work-for-hire presumptions to come into play.
		Thus, there was an absence of evidence that composing music for Hal Roach Studios was within the scope of Shield's employment with Victor, nor evidence the songs were written at the instance and expense of Hal Roach Studios.
	www.ipcounselors.com /19981019.htm (1681 words)

	Hal Roach - Moviefone
		American producer/director Hal Roach was overtaken by wanderlust early in life.
		In the early 1980s, Hal Roach Studios was one of the first studios to...
		Hal Roach - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Hal Roach Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/hal-roach/108408/main (109 words)

	CameraOct2221
		Hal E. Roach were honor guests recently at a dinner given at the Ambassador Hotel by Mr.
		Hal E. Roach when the following from the Roach studios and their mothers were present: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Marie Mosquini, Director Fred Newmeyer and Charles Stevenson.
		Hal E. Roach is writing the story which John Grey is putting into continuity form for the next Ruth Roland Serial, as yet untitled, which will follow the production of "The Timber Queen." Harry "Snub" Pollard’s prehistoric comedy entitled "The Stone Age," which has been shipped to New York.
	home.netcom.com /~lippfarr/CameraOct2221.htm (2125 words)

	A History of the Hal Roach Studios \| Ward
		Once labeled the “lot that laugher built,” the Hal Roach Studios launched the comedic careers of such screen icons as Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy.
		Even during periods of decline or misdirection, the Roach Studios turned out genuinely original material, such as the screwball classic Topper (1937), the brutally frank Of Mice and Men (1940), and the silent experiment One Million B.C.
		Ward’s exploration yields insight into the production and marketing strategies of an organization on the periphery of the theatrical film industry and calls attention to the interconnected nature of the studio system during the classic era.
	www.siu.edu /~siupress/titles/s05_titles/ward_history.html (443 words)

	Laurel & Hardy - The Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Leo McCarey, born one hundred years ago on 3 October 1898, was one of the the most prized writers and directors at Hal Roach's film studios, the "laugh factory to the world." There, pioneer filmmaker Hal Roach, who controlled the privately held corporation, encouraged humor and escapism.
		In the mid 1920s, Roach began to feel that Charley Chase's comedic gifts would be put to better use in front of the camera instead of behind it, where Chase, as director general, had been working until then.
		All of it was ultimately and always done under the guidance and supervision of Hal Roach, who, if anyone, is fundamentally responsible for creating and sustaining the comedy partnership of Stan Laurel with Oliver Hardy.
	www.laurel-and-hardy.com /html/news/mccarey1.html (568 words)

	Scifilm -- TV Files, The Veil
		Produced by Hal Roach Studios headed by Hal Roach Jr.
		The one episode in which Karloff does not appear "Jack the Ripper" appears to be a short film or tv episode purchased by Hal Roach Studios for "The Veil" as it doesn't resemble the rest of the series in terms of look and/or atmosphere.
		For me personally, the best episodes of this series, aside from "Jack the Ripper" tended to be those that featured Karloff in the most predominant roles such as "Food on the Table" and "Vision of Crime".
	www.scifilm.org /tv/veil (353 words)

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		He was of wise contrivance, deeply skilled In every intervolve of high and...
		His studios are especially known for meticulous craftsmanship in animated (cartoon) films.
		Because his father worked for Paramount Studios, Schulberg could observe the corruption of the film industry.
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	Laurel and Hardy: Hal Roach Studios
		In the Hal Roach-directed Love 'Em and Weep (1927), the duo is caught in the middle of a troubled romance.
		Foster/Hal Roach, 1929, 19 mins.) is the silent version of an LandH comedy that was released as both a sound and silent picture.
		Fluttering Hearts (Hal Roach, 1927, 22 mins.) is a Charley Chase comedy with Oliver Hardy in a supporting role.
	members.aol.com /moviefair/Roach.html (1411 words)

	Movie Tech Studios: Ewing "Lucky" Brown
		Movie Tech Studios is not only still going strong, but in 1976, Brown purchased his own property and built a complete production studio with facilities and equipment to handle every part of film production, from script to answer print, with a crew on hand and ready to go.
		As the head of a movie studio, with over 44 years experience in motion picture production, Mr.
		Brown is sometimes called upon by banks and the Internal Revenue Service to provide appraisals of both motion picture film and motion picture memorabilia.
	www.movietechstudios.net /lucky.html (344 words)

	Laurel and Hardy - Newsletter May-Jun 2000
		Together, they will present a "tour" of the Roach lot, recreating for us something that was lost to the wrecking ball many years ago.
		Roach, where he was to find fame and fortune in Culver City.
		Saps at Sea, the boys' final film from The Hal Roach Studios, is released.
	www.wayoutwest.org /archive/33-3.html (1825 words)

	TIME.com: Hollywood Is Humming -- Oct. 29, 1951 -- Page 1
		After three years of making films exclusively for TV, the Hal Roach studios, well in the fl, are now producing 1,500 hours of TV films a year, nearly three times Hollywood's annual output of feature movies.
		The 18-acre Roach lot, once used for such movie epics as Joan of Arc and Of Mice and Men, now gives houseroom to TV's Amos 'n' Andy, Trouble with Father (featuring Stu Erwin), Racket Squad, Mystery Theater, and a filmed version of Beulah.
		Burly, 33-year-old Hal Roach Jr., who got his start as an assistant director of Our Gang comedies ("I unbuttoned and buttoned their pants between scenes"), has been in command of the studio since he took over the production reins from his father in 1948.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,821805,00.html (638 words)

	Images - Slapstick Encyclopedia
		While Mack Sennett's Keystone Studio is usually regarded as America's most proficient assembly line for slapstick comedy, Hal Roach Studios refined and perfected the form, providing more elaborate storytelling and sophisticated narratives (in contrast to the manic, knockabout comedy of Keystone).
		One of the highlights of this hectic one-reeler is a wonderful, acrobatic maneuver that Laurel performs with a pair of swinging doors while hiding from the orchard foreman.
		After Harold Lloyd left Hal Roach studios, Snub Pollard was promoted to fill the void, and this comedy is one of his best.
	www.imagesjournal.com /issue06/reviews/slapstick6.htm (870 words)

	Hal Roach Tickets, Buy Hal Roach Tickets - TixTix.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		All Hal Roach tickets posted are guaranteed to be legitimate tickets.
		All section and row information posted online her at the tixtix website depict the locations of our Hal Roach ticket inventory.
		Hal Roach has been the star of Jury's Irish Cabaret in Dublin for over 20 years...
	www.tixtix.com /concerts/hal-roach.php (439 words)

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