Al Rockett

Al Rockett, born Albert L. Rockett, was a 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.

Filmography

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "American Cinematographer". ASC Holding Corporation. October 6, 1922 via Google Books.
  3. "Vincennes Stars – Al and Ray Rockett". Boomer Magazine.
  4. "Awards for The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. "The American Magazine". Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. October 6, 1924 via Google Books.
  6. Spears, Jack (July 3, 1977). The Civil War on the screen, and other essays. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498017285 via Google Books.
  7. Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (July 11, 2015). The Films of Fay Wray. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604152 via Google Books.
  8. "Al Rockett". BFI.
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