Hal Yates
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Hal Yates was an American screenwriter and film director
. He wrote for 96 films between 1924
and 1953
. He also directed 88 films between 1926
and 1953.
He started his career in entertaintment in a vaudeville double-act called 'Yates and Lawley'. Yates first worked at the Hal Roach Studios where he directed a few early Laurel and Hardy
comedies (including the lost Hats Off
),and later worked at the RKO studios directing short films featuring Edgar Kennedy
and Leon Errol
.
He was born in Chicago
, Illinois
, and died in Los Angeles, California
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He wrote for 96 films between 1924
1924 in film
-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
and 1953
1953 in film
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...
. He also directed 88 films between 1926
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
and 1953.
He started his career in entertaintment in a vaudeville double-act called 'Yates and Lawley'. Yates first worked at the Hal Roach Studios where he directed a few early Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
comedies (including the lost Hats Off
Hats Off
Hats Off is a Laurel and Hardy silent comedy film. It was made in 1927 by the Hal Roach Studios. It starred Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and is considered a lost film.- Plot :...
),and later worked at the RKO studios directing short films featuring Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
and Leon Errol
Leon Errol
Leon Errol , was an Australian-born American comedian and actor, popular in the first half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
.
He was born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Selected filmography
- Hats OffHats OffHats Off is a Laurel and Hardy silent comedy film. It was made in 1927 by the Hal Roach Studios. It starred Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and is considered a lost film.- Plot :...
(19271927 in film-Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...
) - Get 'Em YoungGet 'Em YoungGet 'Em Young is a 1926 film starring Stan Laurel.In a sad twist, this was the film being shown at the 1927 Laurier Palace Theatre Fire in Montreal, where 78 people died, all but one under the age of 16.-Cast:* Harry Myers - Orvid Joy...
(19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) - The Nickel-HopperThe Nickel-HopperThe Nickel-Hopper is a 1926 film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Oliver Hardy and Boris Karloff in minor uncredited roles.-Cast:* Mabel Normand - Paddy, the nickel hopper* Michael Visaroff - Paddy's father...
(1926) - Along Came AuntieAlong Came Auntie-Cast:* Glenn Tryon - Mr. Chow, the 2nd husband* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Remington Chow, the wife* Oliver Hardy - Mr. Vincent Belcher, the first husband* Tyler Brooke - The Under-Sheriff* Martha Sleeper - Marie, the maid* Lucy Beaumont - Aunt Alvira...
(1926) - Thundering FleasThundering FleasThundering Fleas is a 1926 Our Gang film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 51st Our Gang short subject released...
(1926) - Say It with BabiesSay It with BabiesSay It with Babies is a 1926 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Glenn Tryon - Casper Crum* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Crum* Oliver Hardy - Hector, the floorwalker * Martha Sleeper - His wife...
(1926) - Madame MysteryMadame MysteryMadame Mystery is a film starring Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, and James Finlayson, directed and co-written by Stan Laurel, and produced by Hal Roach...
(1926) - Wandering PapasWandering PapasWandering Papas is a 1926 comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Clyde Cook - The camp cook* Oliver Hardy - The foreman * Sue O'Neill - Susie, the hermit's daughter* Tyler Brooke - Onion, a bridge engineer...
(1926) - What's the World Coming To?What's the World Coming To?-Cast:* Clyde Cook - Claudia, the blushing groom/the baby* Katherine Grant - Billie, the bride* James Finlayson - The father-in-law* Helen Gilmore - A neighbor* Martha Sleeper - Butler* Laura De Cardi - A family friend* Stan Laurel - Man in window...
(1926)