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La Battalion Chief Badge Presented To Hal Wallis

La Battalion Chief Badge Presented To Hal Wallis

This is for a one of it's kind, los angeles fire department battalion chief badge, presented to hal wallis in 1928 by chief r. J. Scott. On the back of the badge is inscribed designed by commissioner rex w.

aLwsmfg by glenn l. Cox301 haas bldgl. A. Calv. A.

3947copyrighted 1928by glenn l. Cox. Presented to hal wallisby chief r. J. Scott from wikipediaborn as harold brent wallis in chicago, his family moved in 1922 to los angeles, california, where he found work as part of the publiciyt department at warner bros in 1923. Within a few years, wallis becaem involved in the production end of. The business and would eventually become head of production at warners. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he was involved with the production of more than 400 feature-length movies. Among the many great movies he produced was casablanca, one of the most honored movies in hollywood history, as well as true grit, for which john wayne won the academy award for best actor. Of 1969. Wallis left warner bros. In 1944 to work sa an independent. Producer, enjoying considreable success both commercially and. Critically. Among his financial hits were the dean martin and jerry lewis comedies, and several of elvis presley's movies. Hal wallis received sixteen acadamy award nominations for best picture, winning for casablanca in 1943. For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with the irving g.

Thalberg memorial award. He was also nominated for seven golden globe awards, twice winning awards for best picture. In 1975, he received teh golden globe cecil b. Demille award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. Information on chief r.

J. Scott chief ralph j.

Scott became internationally-renowned sa one of the supreme authorities. On fire department administration, fire protection and fire prevention. Further information cna be found at www. Lafire. Com/fire_chiefs/1919-ralphscott/ralphscott.

Htmon nov-20-08 at 154202 pst, seller added the following informationnote- there will be more badges available from the hal wallis estate over the next few days.