Stage 4
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Stage 4
The Lucky Corner's reading of Hal Roach studio paperwork names Stage 4 as well.
For Rushin' Ballet, the production sheets list the dance-school set on Stage 4 as well as Stage 3. The sheet for 11 March 1937 places the interior dance-school set on Stage 3.
For Our Gang Follies of 1938, the November 1937 paperwork includes a Stage 3 / Stage 4 note: the exterior opera house and the interior cellar backstage are listed on Stage 3 and on Stage 4.
For Spooky Hooky, The Lucky Corner says filming took place on Stage 4 on each of the shooting dates. The call for 11 November 1936 places the exterior and interior schoolroom sets on Stage 4, with lightning, rain, and thunder effects.
For Reunion In Rhythm, the notes say all of the shooting took place on Stage 4. The sheet for 10 December 1936 lists the exterior school set on Stage 4.
For Glove Taps, The Lucky Corner says all of the shooting took place on Stage 4, with the possible exception of 11 January 1937, which was nevertheless on one of the stages at the studio.
For Hearts Are Thumps, the notes say the entire film was shot on Stage 4. Filming is dated 2 to 10 February 1937, and the school set is listed on Stage 4.
For Night 'N' Gales, a musical rehearsal for Home Sweet Home was held on Stage 4 on 21 June 1937. On 28 June 1937 Roy Seawright shot the black-velvet footage of the visionary imps on Stage 4. Most other sets were on Stage 2. The living room was apparently on Stage 1, though one document places it on Stage 2.
For Framing Youth, all of the barn footage was shot on Stage 4, and the radio-station sequence was shot on Stage 5. The call for 19 August 1937 lists the exterior and interior barn sets on Stage 4.
For Fishy Tales, The Lucky Corner says almost the entire film was shot on Stage 4. The noted exception is the scene in front of Butch's house, on Stage 1.
For Canned Fishing, all of the interior footage was shot on Stage 4. Reports from the January 1938 shoot place the bedroom, hallway, bathroom, and back porch on Stage 4.
For Bear Facts, the notes say the entire film was shot on Stage 4, including the interior club-house set.
For Came The Brawn, almost the entire film was shot on Stage 4. The process shot was made on Stage 2. A call sheet places the athletic-club and ring set, described as the backyard set, on Stage 4.
For Three Men In A Tub, most of the studio footage was shot on Stage 4, including the green set made to look like the area near the lake. The process shots were made on Stage 1.
For The Awful Tooth, most of the footage was shot on Stage 4, including the interior dentist's office. The outdoor footage was shot on the New York Street set.
For Hide And Shriek, all of the indoor footage, the haunted house and the basement, was shot on Stage 4. All of the outdoor footage was shot on the New York Street set.
Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and, through its TV production subsidiary, Hal Roach Television Corporation, television production studio.
Known as The Laugh Factory to the World, it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914.
Two sentences from Hal Roach Studios, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, license CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
- The Lucky Corner, Rushin' Ballet. theluckycorner.com/rmt/155.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Our Gang Follies Of 1938. theluckycorner.com/rmt/162.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Spooky Hooky. theluckycorner.com/rmt/149.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Reunion In Rhythm. theluckycorner.com/rmt/151.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Glove Taps. theluckycorner.com/rmt/152.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Hearts Are Thumps. theluckycorner.com/rmt/153.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Night 'N' Gales. theluckycorner.com/rmt/157.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Framing Youth. theluckycorner.com/rmt/159.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Fishy Tales. theluckycorner.com/rmt/158.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Canned Fishing. theluckycorner.com/rmt/163.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Bear Facts. theluckycorner.com/rmt/164.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Came The Brawn. theluckycorner.com/rmt/166.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Three Men In A Tub. theluckycorner.com/rmt/165.html.
- The Lucky Corner, The Awful Tooth. theluckycorner.com/rmt/168.html.
- The Lucky Corner, Hide And Shriek. theluckycorner.com/rmt/169.html.
