A History of the Hal Roach Studios

by Richard Lewis Ward

Book Overview

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. 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. Many of its productions are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080932637X
• ISBN13: 9780809326372
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"