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Hal Roach Studios
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCinema
Television
FoundedJuly 23, 1914; 109 years ago (1914-07-23)
Founders
  • Hal Roach, Sr.
  • Dan Linthicum
  • I.H. Nance
Defunct1961; 63 years ago (1961)
FateAbsorbed into Halcyon Studios
Headquarters
Culver City, California
,
United States
ProductsTV shows
Theatrical feature films
TV movies
Theatrical short films
ParentQuintex Australia Ltd./RHI Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment/Sonar Entertainment/Halcyon Studios (1988–present)

Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and 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.[1][2] 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 first short being A Duke For A Day.

  1. ^ Ward, Richard Lewis (2006-08-15). A History of the Hal Roach Studios. SIU Press. pp. 9–11, 39. ISBN 9780809388066.
  2. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1992). The Little Rascals: The Life & Times of Our Gang (2nd ed.). New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. pp. 1–3, 68.

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