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Hal Yates is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 26 july 1899 at Chicago (USA)

Hal Yates

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Nationality USA
Birth 26 july 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 august 1969 (at 70 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Hal Yates (26 July 1899 – 1 August 1969) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1924 and 1953. He also directed 88 films between 1926 and 1953.

He started his career in entertaintment in a vaudeville double-act called 'Yates and Lawley'. Yates first worked at the Hal Roach Studios where he directed a few early Laurel and Hardy comedies (including the lost Hats Off),and later worked at the RKO studios directing short films featuring Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(18 films)
H. M. Walker
H. M. Walker
(12 films)
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
(10 films)
Carl Harbaugh
Carl Harbaugh
(10 films)
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hal Yates (24 films)

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Director

Sailors, Beware!
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
, 20minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol, Hal Roach, Hal Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Ed Brandenburg, Frank Brownlee, Dorothy Coburn
Rating66% 3.343473.343473.343473.343473.34347
An honest cab driver (Laurel) picks up a woman (Anita Garvin) and her "baby", who is actually a midget in disguise. He does not realize his passengers are crooks. When they get out of the cab without paying and leave the meter running, Stan follows them aboard a ship, where he exposes the crooks.
Hats Off
Hats Off (1927)
, 20minutes
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, Léo Joannon, Hal Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Luigi Tosi, Charles Middleton
Rating70% 3.5046453.5046453.5046453.5046453.504645
Stan and Ollie are salesmen attempting to sell a washing machine; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying the machine up a large flight of steps, merely to find out that a young lady wants them to post a letter for her. The boys later get into an argument knocking off each other's hats, which eventually involves scores of others. A police van eventually carts all those involved away except Stan and Ollie, who afterwards try and find their own headgear amongst the hundreds of others lying on the street.
One Hour Married
One Hour Married (1927)
, 20minutes
Directed by Hal Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mabel Normand, Creighton Hale, James Finlayson, Noah Young, Clarence Geldart, Syd Crossley
Rating33% 1.6549751.6549751.6549751.6549751.654975
The story is set during the First World War and involves a newly-married wife's attempts to locate her husband (drafted into the army just an hour after they were married) in France.

Scriptwriter

Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls (1941)
, 43minutes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Edgar Dearing, Edward Gargan, Gladys Blake
Rating59% 2.954422.954422.954422.954422.95442
A peanut vendor sights a man named Sam Sawyer attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff into the waters below. The vendor offers a free bag of peanuts to hear Sam's story of what brought him to make such a decision.
The Mad Miss Manton
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
, 1h20
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges, Hattie McDaniel, Whitney Bourne
Rating66% 3.347063.347063.347063.347063.34706
At 3:00 am, Melsa (Barbara Stanwyck) takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane (Leona Maricle), the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker. Inside, Melsa finds a diamond brooch and Mr. Lane's dead body. As she runs for help, her cloak falls off with the brooch inside it. When the police arrive, the body, cloak, and brooch are gone. Melsa and her friends are notorious pranksters, so the detective, Lieutenant Mike Brent (Levene), does nothing to investigate the murder. Ames writes an editorial decrying Melsa's "prank", and she sues him for libel.
Bored of Education
Bored of Education (1936)

Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Darla Hood, Rosina Lawrence
Rating68% 3.429213.429213.429213.429213.42921
It is the first day of school, and the kids wait on the school steps with long faces and pouted lips. Worried about the new teacher they'll be getting this term, Spanky and Alfalfa come up with a scheme to get themselves excused from school: Spanky has Alfalfa pretend he has a toothache, going as far as to stuff a balloon in his mouth to sell the idea.
Wild Poses
Wild Poses (1933)
, 20minutes
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker, Tommy Bond, Emerson Treacy, Gay Seabrook
Rating67% 3.3920053.3920053.3920053.3920053.392005
Otto Phocus (Franklin Pangborn) is a haughty photographer hellbent on taking a formal portrait of a terrified Spanky (George McFarland). The little guy has been told by the gang that Phocus plans to "shoot" him; thinking the camera is a cannon. This leads Spanky to avoid having his picture taken, and his habit of punching Phocus in the face with regularity.