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Hal B. Wallis (n. 14 septembrie, 1899, Chicago - d. 5 octombrie, 1986, Rancho Mirage, California) a fost un producător american de filme, câștigător al premiului Oscar. Născut Harold Brent Wallis în Chicago, familia sa s-a mutat în 1922 în Los Ang ...
Hal B. Wallis was an American producer active in film production from around 1928 to 1975. From 1933 to 1944, Wallis was associate executive in charge of production at Warner Bros. In 1944 he set up an independent production company in partnership with Joseph H. Hazen to distribute through Paramount. He remained at Paramount until 1969. Wallis produced a number of films starring Elvis Presley ...
One of the movies' true Horatio Alger figures, Hal B. Wallis rose from impoverished office boy -- forced out of school to help support his family at the age of 14--to become one of Hollywood's most respected and honored producers.
17. Okt. 2014 · Hal Wallis (1898-1986) might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced—Casablanca, Jezebel, Now, Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies)—have certainly endured.
Hal B. Wallis (14. syyskuuta 1898 Chicago, Illinois, Yhdysvallat – 5. lokakuuta 1986 Rancho Mirage, Kalifornia, Yhdysvallat) oli yhdysvaltalainen elokuvatuottaja. Wallis tuotti uransa aikana yli 400 elokuvaa. Hän oli 14 kertaa Oscar-ehdokkaana, sai yhden Oscarin ja kaksi
Hal Wallis, Warner’s head of production always saw Humphrey Bogart in the lead, even though the more established George Raft was lobbying for the role after first turning it down. (Raft’s bad career choices were largely responsible for Bogart becoming a star at age 40 — he'd already turned down the leads in both “ High Sierra ” and “ The Maltese Falcon .”)
Wallis recaptured his former post when Zanuck left to found 20th Century in 1933; he went on to oversee numerous fine productions, including a number of 1930s musicals, several biopics and many of the gangster pictures with which the studio would become synonymous.
