Joe Rock produced a series of 12 two reel short subject comedies starring Stan Laurel in the 1920s.
18 Facts About Joe Rock
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Joe Rock began his career as a stunt double for Mary Pickford.
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Joe Rock soon became a comedian in silent films working under his real name, Joe Simberg.
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When Joe Rock put Laurel under contract for twelve two-reel comedies, the contract had one unusual stipulation, that Dahlberg was not to appear in any of the films.
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When she balked, Joe Rock held firm, finally offering her a most unusual and humiliating deal.
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Joe Rock would give her several thousand dollars, along with some jewels she had pawned, if she would go back to Australia.
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Ironically, comedian-turned-producer Joe Rock, who created the series, did not think The Three Fatties were fat enough.
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Joe Rock appointed Ludwig Blattner's son Gerry as the studio manager.
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Joe Rock Productions built 4 new large stages and began making films including the feature The Edge of the World.
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In return for Powell agreeing to direct The Man Behind the Mask, Joe Rock agreed to back the filming of what would become The Edge of the World, Powell's directorial breakthrough.
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Joe Rock had been very impressed by a book that described the Krakatoa eruption of 1883.
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In 1933, for the fiftieth anniversary of the eruption, Joe Rock produced a documentary titled Krakatoa: partly about the island's history before and after the eruption, but mostly about the eruption.
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Joe Rock had formed a production company to make Krakatoa, but he permitted that company to go out of business because he had no further projects envisioned for it.
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Joe Rock has the unenviable distinction of holding one of filmdom's more bizarre records: the longest wait between winning an Academy Award and actually receiving it.
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Joe Rock produced the 1933 film Krakatoa, a documentary about the volcanic eruption of 1883.
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However, Joe Rock was in Europe at the time that the award was announced, and had no representative to claim the trophy.
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Almost fifty years later, while sorting out some of his papers, Joe Rock located documents which established his proprietary claim.
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In 1955, Joe Rock co-produced a documentary exploitation film about the Mau Mau uprising called Mau Mau.