Hal Roach Studios

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American film studio film production company

Hal Roach Studios was a prominent American film production company best known for its classic comedy shorts and features, including the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang series, during the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film studio → film production company →
activeDuring	1920s → 1930s → 1940s →
alsoKnownAs	The Lot of Fun →
collaboratedWith	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
country	United States →
distributionMethod	theatrical release →
distributionPartner	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
employed	Charley Chase → Harold Lloyd → Laurel and Hardy → Our Gang child actors →
era	early sound era → silent film era →
focus	family-friendly comedy →
foundedAs	Rolin Film Company →
foundedBy	Hal Roach →
genreSpecialty	comedy →
headquarters	Culver City, California →
industry	film industry →
influenced	American screen comedy → later television comedy →
language	English sound films → silent (intertitles) →
locationCity	Culver City, California →
locationCountry	United States →
locationState	California →
mediaFormat	short subjects → theatrical films →
namedAfter	Hal Roach →
notableCharacterGroup	Our Gang kids →
notableFor	Laurel and Hardy films → Our Gang series → early sound-era comedies → short subject comedies → silent film comedies →
partOf	Hollywood studio system →
producedFilmType	feature films → short films →
producedSeries	Laurel and Hardy → Our Gang → The Little Rascals →
specializedIn	two-reel comedies →
style	situational comedy → slapstick comedy →
successor	Hal Roach Studios television production →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hal Roach → Marie De Forest → Marie Mosquini → Marie Mosquini →	employer
Hal Roach →	founded
Snub Pollard →	workedFor