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Hal Roach Studios

American film production studio

Instance of: film studio
Country: United States
Founded: 1919

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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.

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Headquarters: Culver City coordinates: 34.0273°N, 118.3880°W
Industry: film production
Formed in: Culver City
Dissolved: 1960
Founded by: Hal Roach
Owned by: Hal Roach
Product or material produced: television program

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