Hal Roach (1892 - 1992)


* January 14, 1892 Elmira, New York, USA
 as Harry Eugene Roach
 November 2, 1992 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, June 1930

Books on Hal Roach

Richard Lewis Ward A History Of The Hal Roach Studios Richard Lewis Ward
A History Of The Hal Roach Studios
2005

 Hal Roach
Hal Roach
Berlin, 1992

Books with substantial mentioning of Hal Roach

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4. Writers and Production Artists
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Walter Kerr The Silent Clowns Walter Kerr
The Silent Clowns
New York, 1975

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Hal Roach

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1993, A Survey of the Films of 1992
Pasadena, Ca.; Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993

Films

1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Magic Cloak
Samson
The Squaw Man
Damon and Pythias

1915
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Pete, the Pedal Polisher

1917
Step Lively

1918
Two Scrambled
The City Slicker
She Loves Me Not
Why Pick on Me?

1919
From Hand to Mouth
Bumping Into Broadway
Look Out Below
Just Neighbors
Don't Shove
Ask Father
Billy Blazes, Esq.

1920
His Royal Slyness
Number, Please?
High and Dizzy
Haunted Spooks
An Eastern Westerner
Get Out and Get Under

1921
I Do
Now or Never
A Sailor-Made Man
Never Weaken
Among Those Present

1922
One Terrible Day
Grandma's Boy
Fruits of Faith
Dr. Jack

1923
Save the Ship
Dogs of War
A Pleasant Journey
Safety Last!
Roughest Africa
Why Worry?

1924
Fast Company
Battling Orioles
The Goofy Age
Near Dublin
Our Congressman
Brothers Under the Chin
Going to Congress
A Truthful Liar
The King of Wild Horses

1925
The Haunted Honeymoon
Black Cyclone

1926
Madame Mystery
Crazy Like a Fox
The Devil Horse
45 Minutes from Hollywood

1927
Slipping Wives
The Battle of the Century
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Eve's Love Letters
The Second 100 Years
Anything Once
Do Detectives Think?
Love 'Em and Weep
Sailors, Beware!
With Love and Hisses
Why Girls Love Sailors

1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
Their Purple Moment
Habeas Corpus
The Booster
From Soup to Nuts
You're Darn Tootin'
Came the Dawn
Flying Elephants

1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
Perfect Day
That's My Wife
Bacon Grabbers
Double Whoopee
Liberty
Big Business
Cat, Dog & Co.
Sky Boy

1930
The Rogue Song
Blotto
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Another Fine Mess
Fifty Million Husbands
Men of the North
Brats
Monsieur Le Fox

1931
Pardon Us
Chickens Come Home
Spuk um Mitternacht
Beau Hunks
Love Business
On the Loose

1932
Towed in a Hole
Any Old Port!
Their First Mistake
Wild Babies!
The Music Box

1933
Sons of the Desert
The Devil's Brother
The Midnight Patrol
Fallen Arches
Wild Poses

1934
Babes in Toyland

1935
The Fixer Uppers
Top Flat
Bonnie Scotland

1936
The Bohemian Girl
Our Relations

1937
Topper
Way Out West
Pick a Star

1938
Swiss Miss
Block-Heads
Topper Takes a Trip
Merrily We Live
There Goes My Heart

1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Captain Fury

1940
Turnabout
One Million B.C.
A Chump at Oxford
Captain Caution
Saps at Sea

1941
Road Show
Topper Returns

1942
Fall In
About Face

1949
Two Knights from Brooklyn

1966
One Million Years B.C.

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