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In 1926, Al Christie, along with actress Vera Steadman and Mrs. H. Prevost, mother of fellow Canadian actress Marie Prevost, was in a car accident in Florida. They had been attending the Biscayne Bay Regatta. Mr.Christie, the driver, and Ms. Steadman suffered only minor injuries but Mrs. Prevost was killed.
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In 1911, Al Christie opened the first movie studio in Hollywood for David Horsley at Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. They had filmed their first motion picture at the Whitley's home on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox. It was their acquaintance with HJ Whitley that encouraged them to settle in Hollywood. That is why HJ Whitley is known as the Father of Hollywood. He is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. With his encouragement other studios followed.
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Al Christie died on Charles' 71st birthday after a lengthy illness. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6771 Hollywood Boulevard.
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McLeod became an animator and writer for the comedy shorts of producer Al Christie by the late teens. A combat pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War One, he was brought in to assistant direct on William A. Wellman's Wings in 1927. The following year he helped script The Air Circus for co-directors Howard Hawks and Lewis Seiler; he ... helmed his first feature, Taking a Chance. After co-directing films with Lloyd Corrigan (Along Came Youth) and Norman Taurog (Finn and Hattie), McLeod began presiding over some of the funniest films of the early '30s: Monkey Business and Horse Feathers with the Marx Brothers, and It's a Gift with W.C. Fields. His other work of the decade includes the fantasies Alice in Wonderland and Topper.
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In 1934 The Inventors (directed by Al Christie) portrayed Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle's creation of Stoopenstein, who later goes out of control. The Monster makes an appearance in the musical comedy Hellzapoppin' (1941).
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Fine, SM, Corales RB, Gordon F, Larson AL, Christie ML, Mang KM. Fasting blood glucose levels remain stable in treatment experienced HIV patients switched to atazanavir as part of the early access program. Abstract # 670 at the annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) October 2003, San Diego California, USA
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