Hal Roach
Also Known As: Harry Eugene Roach , Al Roach , Hal E. Roach, Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr., Harold Eugene Roach Sr.
Biography: Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for producing a number of successes including the Laurel and Hardy franchise, the films of entertainer Charley Chase, and the Our Gang film comedy series.
Department: Production
Place of Birth: Elmira, New York, USA
Birthday: January 13, 1892
Deathday: November 02, 1992
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Hollywood Uncensored
Overview: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-01
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The Squaw Man
Overview: Blamed for the theft of an orphans fund, Captain James Wynnegate flees to the West where he makes a new life with the Indian woman Nat-U-Rich.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-15
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Overview: Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-28
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Number, Please?
Overview: While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-26
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Samson
Overview: Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's objections.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-30
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Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
Overview: Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Sons of the Desert
Overview: Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-29
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Overview: The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-05
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The Magic Cloak of Oz
Overview: The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-28
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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Overview: A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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Wild Poses
Overview: Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-28
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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Overview: The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-12-28
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Overview: Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-03
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Overview: Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Overview: The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-06-14
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Ticket to Hollywood
Overview: Documentary looking at how Hollywood went from a small town to a mega center.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-01
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