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Directing
Hal Yates
- Titles
- 80movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1924 to 2023, with a break from 1954 to 2022, busiest in 1926 with 12 main titles.
- 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
Select a genre to see those titles.
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
311950s
3 titles
Footlight Varieties (1951)
Director, Writer
Newlyweds Take a Chance (1951)
Director, Screenplay
Hollywood Honeymoon (1951)
Director, Screenplay
1940s
9 titles
Make Mine Laughs (1949)
Director, Writer
Variety Time (1948)
Director, Writer
Do or Diet (1947)
Screenplay, Director
Wife Tames Wolf (1947)
Director, Writer
Twin Husbands (1946)
Director, Screenplay
It's Your Move (1945)
Writer, Director
Birthday Blues (1945)
Screenplay, Director
Niagara Falls (1941)
Screenplay
Just a Cute Kid (1940)
Screenplay
1930s
3 titles · average score 56
1920s
16 titles · average score 54
53
Wandering Papas (1926)
Writer
Wife Tamers (1926)
Writer
Get 'Em Young (1926)
Writer
Merry Widower (1926)
Writer
Thundering Fleas (1926)
Writer
Madame Mystery (1926)
Writer
Bull and Sand (1924)
Story