Research Catalog

Title

A history of the Hal Roach Studios / Richard Lewis Ward.

Author

Ward, Richard Lewis, 1953-

Publication

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2005.

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Details

Description

246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"This book focuses on an independent film company that found a niche market between 1914 and 1960. The Hal Roach Studios produced short comedies, independent features, featurettes, and weekly television series. Its forty-six-year survival on the fringe of the Hollywood filmmaking establishment makes it a unique subject of study. This history yields insights into its production and marketing strategies and the interconnected nature of the studio system during the 1920s through the 1940s and on into the 1950s, the early days of television. The company was responsible for the Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy series, Topper (1937), and Of Mice and Men (1940)"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• History
• Hal Roach Studios Histoire
• Hal Roach Studios
• Hal Roach Studios History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.

Contents

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Rolin Film Company, 1914 -- 3. Lonesome Luke and the glasses character, 1915-19 -- 4. Pathécomedies, 1919-27 -- 5. Roach-MGM short features, 1927-33 -- 6. The demise of the short subject, 1933-38 -- 7. From "A" pictures to streamliners, 1938-42 -- 8. Fort Roach, 1943-48 -- 9. The man who bet on television, 1949-60 -- 10. Conclusion -- Filmography : the films of Hal Roach -- Appendix 1 : Television series at the Hal Roach Studios -- Appendix 2 : Film and series synopses -- Appendix 3 : The financial side of the Hal Roach Studios -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 080932637X
• 9780809326372
• 9780809327270
• 0809327279

LCCN

2004021368

OCLC

• ocm56517420
• 56517420
• SCSB-14747290

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library