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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.
Content warning: This film contains a racist, stereotyped depiction of an African American character, as well as making light of suicide. Short macabre comedy in which the hero tries to speed along the suicide of his sweetheart's rich uncle in order to win the favor of her father.
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View full company info for Rolin Films. 1. High and Dizzy (1920) Passed | 26 min | Comedy, Short. 6.9. Rate this. A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street. Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Wally Howe. Votes: 1,389. 2. His Royal Slyness (1920)
The Rolin Film Company productions were distributed through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. In 1920, the partnership of Hal Roach and Dan Linthicum was dissolved, and the assets of The Rolin Film Company were acquired by Hal Roach’s new corporation, Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated .
After receiving an inheritance, Roach established the Rolin Film Company at the Pathé Studio. Lloyd joined the company but, in 1915, left over yet another salary dispute. He quickly found work with the legendary Mack Sennett at the Keystone Studio, but Roach succeeded in winning Lloyd back by doubling his salary.
Oct 27, 2014 · Bradbury died in 1892 and by the 1910s, his former home had become the headquarters of the Rolin Film Company, founded by Hal Roach. It was up these steps that Harold Lloyd started his climb to fame. By the time Lloyd was working here, the place was so drafty that he dubbed it “Pneumonia Hall”.
The Rolin Film Company in what was formerly L.L. Bradbury's mansion on Court near Hill Streets, a 35-room structure, complete with 5 chimneys and 5 turrets. It became a film studio and the home of Hal Roach comedies in 1914.
