Product Description
by I. Joseph Hyatt (Author)
"Charley Chase: The Hal Roach Years" celebrates Chases's films with selected full color lobby cards, press books, posters and trade ads from the original theatrical releases of his films that were from the Hal Roach Studios. Press books from "Poker at Eight," "Life Hesitates at 40," "Vamp 'till Ready," and "The Count Takes the Count" are fully reproduced here so you can see the original material that creative theater managers could use to draw in an audience back in the days when movie exhibition was an art form.
Author Biography
I. Joseph Hyatt is an entertainment archeologist/author and a member of the Sons of the Desert, the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, Hyatt's articles and books have been printed internationally. Traveling across the US, and drawing on many collections, including his own, his books are produced to bring back past eras with words and photographs. I. Joseph Hyatt currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Union County Performing Arts Center of New Jersey, a fully restored 1928 movie/vaudeville palace.