Biographies: Hal B. Wallis - Producer

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American producer and actor, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and raised in Los Angeles, California, USA, where he found work in the advertising department of Warner Bros. in 1923. Within a few years, Wallis became part of the production department of the artistic works, then became the head of the production sector in the company, a position he held for more than fifty years. Among the artistic works he produced for the company were the film (All This, and Heaven Too) in 1940, the film (The Maltese Falcon) in 1941, and the film (Casablanca) in 1942, the latter of which caused Wallis to leave Warner Bros. in 1944; following a dispute between him and the producer (Jack Warner) over accepting the Oscar that the film won, Wallis then worked as an independent producer. He hired writers such as Ayn Rand and Lillian Hellman, and produced comedies for actors Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, as well as singer and actor Elvis Presley. Wallis also produced the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days starring Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold, then produced True Grit, for which John Wayne won an Academy Award for Best Actor, and in 1971 he presented the film Mary, Queen of Scots starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson.

• 22 October 2024
• farah ashraf