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Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; September 14, 1899 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best known for producing Casablanca (1942), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and True Grit (1969), along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart , John Wayne , Bette ...
Wallis and Hazen became partners in Hal Wallis Productions, later Wallis-Hazen Productions, an independent producer of feature films. After being approached by several major studios they eventually signed a deal with Paramount Pictures which gave them complete autonomy without studio interference.
Hal B. Wallis. Producer: True Grit. Legendary producer Hal B. Wallis was born in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles when he was in his early 20s. He got a job managing a theater owned by Warner Bros., and his success at the job caught the eye of studio head Jack L. Warner, who gave him a job in the studio's publicity department.
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Producer: True Grit. Legendary producer Hal B. Wallis was born in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles when he was in his early 20s. He got a job managing a theater owned by Warner Bros., and his success at the job caught the eye of studio head Jack L. Warner, who gave him a job in the studio's publicity department.
- September 14, 1899
- October 5, 1986
Oct 8, 1986 · Oct. 8, 1986 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Hal B. Wallis, whose 200 motion pictures chronicled the lives of such diverse human creatures as “Little Caesar” and “Becket” and who was among ...
Oct 9, 1986 · Hal B. Wallis, who produced, co-produced or supervised the production of more than 400 films during a career that spanned half a century, has died at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif....
Oct 8, 1986 · Hal B. Wallis, who produced, co-produced or supervised the production of more than 400 films during a career that spanned half a century, has died at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
