Hollywood was the new frontier in 1914. With the film industry in its growing stages, even a former mule skinner by the name of Hal Roach could quickly become a major player. Roach arrived in ...

Harold “Hal” Roach was an Elmira boy, born the son of Charles and Mabel Roach, of Columbia Street, on Jan. 14, 1892. Although others called him “Hal,” his mother called him “Harry.” His first job was ...

When visionary producer Hal Roach created the Our Gang comedy series in 1922, he broke ground in more ways than one. First, he made a ragtag group of kids the stars, which was a novel idea in the ...

For nearly 100 years, children have grown up with Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” series (aka the “Little Rascals”), little movies that—in the most endearing and funny way imaginable—capture how kids speak, ...

%27Brodie%27 was a slang term often used by Hal Roach. Author Craig Calman took a chance by looking up Hal%27s number in a phone book in 1973. Hal and Craig remained ...

Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. BroadwayWorld has learned the sad news that former silent film star, one of the ...