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 – via Google Books.
  7. Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (July 11, 2015). "The Films of Fay Wray". McFarland – via Google Books.
  8. "Al Rockett". BFI.
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