Joe Rock (25 December 1893 – 5 December 1984) was an American movie producer, director, actor. and screenwriter best remembered today for producing a series of 12 two reel comedies starring Stan Laurel in the 1920s.
After infantry service in World War I, Rock began his film career as a comedian in silent films working under his real name "Joe Simburg" — he had a broad grin and protruding ears, which gave him a comical appearance — but soon found greater success as a producer.
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“While we were thus engaged in the twilight, we heard faintly, from far down the stream, what sounded like two strokes of a woodchopper’s axe, echoing dully through the grim solitude.... When we told Joe of this, he exclaimed, “By George, I’ll bet that was a moose! They make a noise like that.” These sounds affected us strangely, and by their very resemblance to a familiar one, where they probably had so different an origin, enhanced the impression of solitude and wildness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)