Biography
Hirliman was born September 8, 1901, in Fort Lee, New Jersey. He married Eleanor Hunt, an actress. The couple adopted Georgelle Hirliman in 1936, and later gave birth to daughter Kathy Hirliman in 1942.
He started his career at the Life Photo Film Corporation as an office boy and worked his way up to film director at Hirlagraph Motion Pictures, the largest film lab at that time. In 1924, his production company purchased the Solax Studios and renovated the two stages, and studios. The studio building was later destroyed in a fire.When he moved to Hollywood, he worked five years at Consolidated Films Industries working on production and financing. During his tenure there, he made 30 feature films. In 1935, Hirliman produced De la Sarten a Fuego / From the Frying Pan into the Fire, an English and duel Spanish production. In 1936, he produced Reefer Madness and a series of four "G-Man" films starring his wife.
In 1936, he patented Hirlicolor. It was a two-color process that didn't need additional lighting and any color film lab could develop. During this time, he worked with Consolidated Films.In 1941, he was working at the Colonnade Picture Studio in Miami.In 1943, Hirliman's Film Classics contracted Hal Roach Studios to re-release much of the studios films where they also re-edited the films and threw away the title sequences.He died on March 30, 1952, in New York City, New York.
Filmography
all 21
Movies 21
Producer 21
Stolen Paradise (1940)
Sunset Murder Case (1938)
The Marines Come Thru (1938)
Tell Your Children (1938)
Love Takes Flight (1937)
Windjammer (1937)
Bank Alarm (1937)
Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
The Gold Racket (1937)
Park Avenue Logger (1937)
Navy Spy (1937)
We're in the Legion Now (1936)
El carnaval del diablo (1936)
Captain Calamity (1936)
Yellow Cargo (1936)
Daniel Boone (1936)
The Devil on Horseback (1936)
Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Burning Gold (1936)
Federal Agent (1936)
Racing Luck (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-09-08
Deathday1952-03-30 (50 years old)
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