Al Rockett
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| Born | Albert Louis Rockett September 24, 1889 Vincennes, Indiana, US |
| Died | August 30, 1960 (aged 70) Beverly Hills, California, US |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouse | Laura E. Rockett |
Albert Louis Rockett (1889–1960) was an American movie producer.[1] His 1924 film Abraham Lincoln, produced with his brother Ray Rockett, was a major production.[2][3] It won the Photoplay Medal of Honor for 1924 from Photoplay Magazine,[4] the most prestigious American film award of the time. He was born in Vincennes, Indiana,[5] and played piano in a nickelodeon theater for five years.[6] He worked for First National Pictures and Fox Film Corporation.
Biography
[edit]Al Rockett was born in Vincennes, Indiana on September 24, 1889.[7]
He died in Beverly Hills, California on August 30, 1960, after a long illness.[7]
Filmography
[edit]- Keeping Up with Lizzie (1921)[1]
- Handle with Care (1922)
- Abraham Lincoln (1924)
- Subway Sadie (1926)
- The Girl from Coney Island (1926), also known as Just Another Blond
- Puppets (1926)
- The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
- An Affair of the Follies (1927)
- The Barker (1928)
- Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
- Wild Company (1930)
- High Society Blues (1930)
- The Princess and the Plumber (1930)
- Soup to Nuts, a Three Stooges film
- Their Mad Moment (1931)
- Business and Pleasure (1932)
- Shanghai Madness (1933)[8]
- She Was a Lady (film) (1934)
- Hell in the Heavens (1934)
- Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
- Lottery Lover (1935)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Rockette, John Franklin (October 6, 1981). "Rockett, Carpenter, Millican, Wise, Stevens, Selman, Ware, Abernathy, Rhodes Families, 1681-1981 and Seventy-six Connected Kins-men". Gateway Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ "American Cinematographer". ASC Holding Corporation. October 6, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Vincennes Stars – Al and Ray Rockett". Boomer Magazine.
- ↑ "Awards for The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ↑ "The American Magazine". Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. October 6, 1924 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Spears, Jack (July 3, 1977). The Civil War on the screen, and other essays. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498017285 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Smith, David L. (2006). Hoosiers in Hollywood. Indiana Historical Society Press. pp. 383–384. ISBN 9780871951946. Retrieved February 15, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (July 11, 2015). The Films of Fay Wray. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604152 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Al Rockett". BFI. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Al Rockett at IMDb
