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This work is alluded to in other celebrity memoirs and film reference books as being a great autobiography about Hollywood. It's not. There are about a half dozen interesting inside stories on famous movie stars that Wallis worked with, but otherwise the extremely short book (185 pages before addendums) is simply the author skipping through his production history without going into any depth.
Hal B. Wallis (1899—1986) Quick Reference (1899–1986). Film producer. One of Hollywood's most prolific and influential producers, he headed Warner Brothers ...
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.
Pages in category "Films produced by Hal B. Wallis" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Hal B.Wallis was one of the most important movie producers from the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking of the 1930s and 1940s. On one classic Warner Bros. movie after another Hal B.Wallis' name is listed under the title: Warner's studio boss, Jack L. Warner, was the brother in charge of the west coast studio, but surely his right-hand man, Hal ...
Hal Wallis' success attracted the notice of the Brothers Warner, who hired him as assistant to the director of publicity; he became director of the department within three months.
Hal B. Wallis 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.
