Hal Roach Studios

Hal Roach Studios

American film production studio

Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and, through its TV production subsidiary, Hal Roach Television Corporation, television production studio. Known as The Laugh Factory to the World, it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914. The studio lot, at 8822 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California, United States, was built in 1920, at which time Rolin was renamed to Hal E. Roach Studios. The first series in Hal Roach Studios were the Willie Work comedies, with the first short being Willie Runs the Park.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 322 films (1920–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 65 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
Saps at Sea Pt. 1 Hal Roach Studios.
Saps at Sea Pt. 2 Hal Roach Studios.
19-- Way out west Blackhawk Films presents ; a Stan Laurel production ; directed by James W. Horne ; screen play, Charles Rogers, Felix Adler, James Parrott. 65 16mm B&W sound
1920 An eastern westerner Hal Roach Studios 23 min 16mm B&W silent
1920 Barnyard Wedding. Hal Roach Studios. 1:00 16mm silent
1920 Get Out and Get Under Hal Roach Studios Inc 25 min 16mm B&W silent
1920 Haunted Spooks Harold Lloyd Corp 25 16mm B&W sound
1920 High and Dizzy Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:22:00 16mm B&W silent
1923 [Unidentified Dippy Do Dads comedy] Hal Roach Studios. 16mm silent
1923 Giants vs. Yanks. Hal Roach Studios. 550 16mm B&W silent
1923 Oranges and Lemons ▶ Hal Roach Studios 16:30 B&W silent
1924 Big moments from little pictures Hal Roach Studios 0:22:00 16mm B&W silent
1924 Don't Park There! Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:19:00 16mm B&W silent
1924 Sittin' Pretty. Hal Roach Studios. 4:00 16mm B&W silent
1924 SMITHY. Pathe Exchange Inc. 13 16mm B&W silent
1924 The Cake Eater Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:24:00 16mm B&W silent
1924 Tire Trouble. Hal Roach Studios. 1:00 16mm silent
1924 Two Wagons Both Covered Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1925 Black cyclone Hal Roach Studios 0:50:00 16mm B&W silent
1925 One Wild Ride Hal Roach Studios. 600 16mm B&W silent
1926 Do your duty Hal Roach Studios. 4:00 16mm B&W silent
1926 Madame mystery Hal Roach Studios. 16mm B&W silent
1927 Flying Elephants Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1927 The battle of the century [Blackhawk Films re-creation]. Hal Roach Studios. 16mm sound
1927 With Love and Hisses Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:21:00 16mm B&W silent
1928 From Soup to Nuts Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:18:00 16mm B&W silent
1928 Habeas Corpus Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:21:00 16mm B&W silent
1928 Two Tars Eastin Phelan Corporation: Publisher | Hal Roach Studios Inc 21 16mm B&W sound
1929 A pair of tights Hal Roach Studio: Publisher 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 Movie Night Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:17:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 Railroadin' Hal Roach Studios Inc. 16mm B&W sound
1929 That's My Wife Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 The Hoose gow Hal Roach Studios, Inc. ; produced by Hal Roach ; dialogue by H. M. Walker ; directed by James Parrott. 20 16mm B&W sound
1929 They Go Boom Hal Roach Productions 21 16mm B&W sound
1929 Wrong Again Hal Roach Studios Inc. 20 16mm B&W silent
1930 Another fine mess Blackhawk Films presents ; produced by Hal Roach ; directed by James Parrott ; dialogue, H.M. Walker. 29 16mm B&W sound
1930 Hog wild Hal Roach Studios; produced by Hal Roach; directed by James Parrott. 20 16mm B&W sound
1930 Night owls Hal Roach Studios, Inc. ; produced by Hal Roach ; directed by James Parrott. 23 16mm B&W sound
1930 Our Relations Pt. 1 Hal Roach Studios.
1930 Our Relations Pt. 2 Hal Roach Studios.
1930 The Bohemian Girl Pt. 1 Hal Roach Studios.
1930 The Bohemian Girl Pt. 2 Hal Roach Studios.
1930 The first seven years. Hal Roach Studios. 5:40 16mm B&W sound
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Blackhawk Films: Distributor | Hal Roach Studios Inc.: Publisher | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor 0:30:00 16mm B&W sound
1930 The Night Owls Hal Roach Studio 800 ft.
1930 Them Thar Hills Hal Roach Studios. 800 ft.
1931 Be big! Hal Roach Studios. 999 16mm B&W sound
1931 Beau hunks. Hal Roach Studios 0:51:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 Chicken come home Blackhawk Films presents ; a Hal Roach production ; directed by James W. Horne ; dialogue by H.M. Walker. 31 16mm B&W sound
1931 Come Clean BLACK 20 min. 16mm B&W sound