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A History of the Hal Roach Studios
Richard Lewis Ward
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Description for A History of the Hal Roach Studios
Paperback. Aided by a comprehensive filmography and production synopses, this work recounts an overlooked chapter in American cinema, not only detailing the business operations of Hal Roach's productions but also exposing the intricate workings of Hollywood's rivalrous moviemaking establishment. Num Pages: 280 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Labeled the ""lot that laughter built,"" the Hal Roach Studios launched the comedic careers of such screen icons as Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy. 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. Many of its productions are better remembered today than those by its larger contemporaries. In ""A History of the Hal Roach Studios"", 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 ... Read more
Labeled the ""lot that laughter built,"" the Hal Roach Studios launched the comedic careers of such screen icons as Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy. 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. Many of its productions are better remembered today than those by its larger contemporaries. In ""A History of the Hal Roach Studios"", 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809327270
SKU
V9780809327270
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About Richard Lewis Ward
Richard Lewis Ward is an associate professor at the University of South Alabama. His essays on Hollywood's studio era and the golden age of television have been published in Media History, Studies in Popular Culture, and Feedback.
Reviews for A History of the Hal Roach Studios
This first history of the Hal Roach Studios is enhanced by numerous illustrations, appendixes that offer financials and synopses of the studio's films and television series, and an extensive filmography.... Essential. - C. McCutcheon, Choice