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...on, their diminishing environment. Of course, when Hollywood was making movies like "The Lost World" - the 1925 grandfather of the modern dino-movie - it wasn't with ecology or greenhouse gases in mind. When Hal Roach made "One Million...

In this article: Land of the Lost, Sid and Marty Krofft, McDonald's, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Hollywood, USA Today, Cary Grant, and H.R. Pufnstuf

...an associate producer. Roach was the first Hollywood producer to go to an all-color production schedule, making four streamliners in Cinecolor, although the increased production costs did not result in increased revenue. In 1948, with his...

In this article: Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, RHI Entertainment, Our Gang, Harold Lloyd, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Academy Awards, and Qintex

...sheriff, or the unscrupulous lawyer. A consummate professional, he was highly regarded by the studios and was sought out by Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra, Hal Roach and other Hollywood directing greats. A friend of fellow Canadian-born...

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...one-reel parodies of silent-era melodramas. In 1933 White was appointed head of Columbia Pictures' short-subject division, which became the most prolific comedy factory in Hollywood. In a time when theaters were playing more...

In this article: Jules White, Hugh McCollum, Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, Eddie Quillan, Jack White, Educational Pictures, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

...who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Neumann came to the US in the early talkie era, hired to direct German language versions of Hollywood films. Neumann was signed by producer Hal Roach in 1941 to direct a...

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...from the Turner Classic Movies web site. In 1937, Mrs. Lloyd hosted a bridal shower at the estate for Jeanette MacDonald attended by Hollywood's elite, including Ginger Rogers, Mary Pickford, Irene Dunne, Fay Wray, Norma Shearer, Dolores del...

In this article: Harold Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, Ted Field, Mary Pickford, Lloyds, and Douglas Fairbanks

Roy Seawright Roy Seawright born 19 November 1905 in Los Angeles, California, died 30 April 1991 in Torrance, California was a Hollywood special effects technician, principally with Hal Roach Studios. Seawright's father was the chief...

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...to those in the motion picture industry who were in need. The original Board of Trustees included many of the biggest names in Hollywood such as Charles Christie, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., William S. Hart, Jesse L. Lasky,...

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Kent Rogers (1922 - July 1944), a Hollywood impressionist who appeared in several live-action shorts and features, including a supporting role in Hal Roach's "All-American Co-Ed" (1941), was also a voice actor for Warner Bros.. Rogers...

In this article: Kent Rogers, Beaky Buzzard, Stan Freberg, The Three Bears, Horton, Henery Hawk, World War II, Super Rabbit, Warner Bros, and Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears