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Directing
Hal Yates
- Titles
- 80movies1TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19242023
- Directed
- 58titles as director
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Sailors, Beware!67/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy7.4average 2.7
- Physical Comedy5.9average 2.5
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Wholesome6.2average 3.3
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Satire & Parody3.2average 2.3
- Family Dynamics5.5average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Psychological2.9, average 5.6
- Melancholy2.4, average 4.7
- Violence2.2, average 4.3
- Tension4.1, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 4
- Physical Comedy 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Slapstick 2
- Classic Film 2
- Situational Comedy 2
- Escapist Entertainment 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Classic Screwball Comedy 2
- Lighthearted Fun 2
- Classic Comedy 2
- Mistaken Identity 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Leon ErrolActorBackstage Follies, Footlight Varieties, Variety Time, Birthday Blues, Sweet Cheat, +15 more
Dorothy GrangerActorBackstage Follies, Footlight Varieties, Variety Time, Birthday Blues, Sweet Cheat, +11 more
Edgar KennedyActorA Pair of Tights, You Drive Me Crazy, Do or Diet, Variety Time, What, No Cigarettes, +8 more
Florence LakeActorYou Drive Me Crazy, Do or Diet, What, No Cigarettes, It's Your Move, I'll Build It Myself, +5 more
Stan LaurelActorSailors, Beware!, Wife Tamers, What's the World Coming To?, Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes, Along Came Auntie, +5 more
James FinlaysonActorWife Tamers, Don Key (Son of Burro), What's the World Coming To?, Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes, The Nickel-Hopper, +4 more
Oliver HardyActorSailors, Beware!, Say It with Babies, Along Came Auntie, The Nickel-Hopper, Wandering Papas, +3 more
Carl HarbaughWriterWife Tamers, Thundering Fleas, Say It with Babies, Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes, Along Came Auntie, +3 more
Tyler BrookeActorDon Key (Son of Burro), Along Came Auntie, Merry Widower, Wandering Papas, Madame Mystery, +1 more
James ParrottWriterSay It with Babies, Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes, Along Came Auntie, Wandering Papas, Get 'Em Young, +1 more
Gil LambActorLost in a Turkish Bath, Make Mine Laughs, Ghost Buster, Pardon My Wrench, Bashful Romeo
Charley ChaseActorThundering Fleas, Merry Widower, The Booster, Imagine My Embarrassment, Is Everybody Happy?
Movies and TV shows
802020s
1 titles
Laurel & Hardy: Year One (2023)
Director
1950s
10 titles
Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953)
Director
Pardon My Wrench (1953)
Director
Ghost Buster (1952)
Director
Newlyweds' House Guest (1952)
Director
Footlight Varieties (1951)
Director, Writer
Newlyweds Take a Chance (1951)
Director, Screenplay
Hollywood Honeymoon (1951)
Director, Screenplay
Fast and Foolish (1951)
Director
Spooky Wooky (1950)
Director
The Newlywed's Boarder (1950)
Director
1940s
35 titles
Make Mine Laughs (1949)
Director, Writer
Sweet Cheat (1949)
Director
Variety Time (1948)
Director, Writer
Backstage Follies (1948)
Director
Hired Husband (1947)
Director
I'll Build It Myself (1946)
Director
Follow That Blonde (1946)
Director
It's Your Move (1945)
Writer, Director
You Drive Me Crazy (1945)
Director
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
Director
Feather Your Nest (1944)
Director
1930s
7 titles · average score 61
65
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Additional Writing
Mama Runs Wild (1937)
Writer
Nobody's Baby (1937)
Screenplay
Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)
Director
56
General Spanky (1936)
Writer
You Bring the Ducks (1934)
Director
Roamin' Vandals (1934)
Director
1920s
27 titles · average score 58
All Parts (1928)
Director
67
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
Director
Hats Off (1927)
Director
53
Wandering Papas (1926)
Writer
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
Director
Wife Tamers (1926)
Writer
Get 'Em Young (1926)
Writer
Merry Widower (1926)
Writer