H.M. Walker

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27. Juni 1878 — 23. Juni 1937 (58 Jahre)
WALKER, H.M. (Harley Marquis Walker) started as a telegrapher, tapping out the descriptions of sportswriters at boxing matches and sending them to the offices of their newspapers. In 1903 he became a sportswriter himself and wrote a column, “The Wisdom of Blinkey Ben,” for the Los Angeles Examiner before joining Roach in 1917 as a part-time scenario and title writer for Harold Lloyd. In 1920, he left newspaper work and joined Roach full time as head of the editorial department. A brilliant title writer in the silent era, Walker was less skilled at dialogue; he was credited for providing these elements on more than 350 Roach comedies. He usually came up with the title for each film and also wrote fairly severe critiques after each preview. After leaving Roach in 1932 he wrote dialogue for some features, including Son of a Sailor (1933) with Joe E. Brown, W.C. Fields’ The Old Fashioned Way (1934), and the ZaSu Pitts picture Affair of Susan (1935). Walker died in the home of his good friend Leroy Shield, who had written scores at the Roach lot in 1930 and ’31. Died June 23, 1937, Chicago, Illinois, age 58; of a heart attack.

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Harley M. "Beanie" Walker (June 27, 1878 – June 23, 1937) was a member of the Hal Roach movie production company from 1916 until his resignation in 1932. The title cards he wrote for Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase, Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedies "have entered legend, both for silent films, and as opening remarks for the earlier talkies." He was also an officer of the Roach Studio corporation.

On Roach's "Lot of Fun", script development usually started with meetings among the gag men, who would develop what was known as an "action script": the outline of the story and a description of the scenes and some of the sight gags, which generally would run three to six legal-size pages. This document would then pass to Walker, the head of the editorial department, which oversaw not only script editing, but film editing as well. Walker usually came up with the title of each film, wrote "brilliantly witty" title cards which would be produced and inserted into the film, and wrote a critique before the picture went out to the distributors, Pathé Exchange, or later, M-G-M.

Walker's writing did not transition well to talkies and by 1931 he had left Roach studio and wrote dialogue for comedies produced by ex-Roach general manager Warren Doane at Universal Pictures. Later, he worked at Paramount Pictures, where he contributed to the W. C. Fields picture The Old Fashioned Way (1934).

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1934
The Live Ghost · as Dialogue
1934
The Old Fashioned Way · as Contributing To Treatment
1933
Son of a Sailor · as Additional Dialogue
1932
Free Wheeling · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Hook and Ladder · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Show Business · as Dialogue
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You're Telling Me · as Dialogue
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Helpmates · as Dialogue
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Readin' and Writin' · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Hasty Marriage · as Dialogue
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Dogs Is Dogs · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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One Good Turn · as Dialogue
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The Pajama Party · as Dialogue
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Come Clean · as Dialogue
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Skip the Maloo! · as Dialogue
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Big Ears · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Pardon Us · as Dialogue
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Fly My Kite · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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One of the Smiths · as Dialogue
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Our Wife · as Dialogue
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Bargain Day · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Rough Seas · as Dialogue
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Los calaveras · as Dialogue
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Chickens Come Home · as Dialogue
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Laughing Gravy · as Dialogue
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Another Fine Mess · as Dialogue
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School's Out · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Bigger and Better · as Dialogue
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Noche de duendes · as Dialogue
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Teacher's Pet · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Pups Is Pups · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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A Tough Winter · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Hog Wild · as Dialogue
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Bear Shooters · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Below Zero · as Dialogue
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All Teed Up · as Dialogue
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When the Wind Blows · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Brats · as Dialogue
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The First Seven Years · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Blotto · as Dialogue
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Shivering Shakespeare · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Angora Love · as Other
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Moan & Groan, Inc. · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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The Hoose-Gow · as Story Editor
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Bacon Grabbers · as Titles
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Bouncing Babies · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Boxing Gloves · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Lazy Days · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Railroadin' · as Story Editorauf plex.tv
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Berth Marks · as Titles
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Small Talk · as Dialogueauf plex.tv
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Unaccustomed As We Are · as Dialogue
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That's My Wife · as Titles
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We Faw Down · as Titles
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Habeas Corpus · as Titles
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Two Tars · as Titles
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Flying Elephants · as Titles
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Hats Off · as Titles
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Call of the Cuckoo · as Titles
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Love 'Em and Weep · as Titles
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Slipping Wives · as Titles
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Duck Soup · as Titles
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Why Girls Say No · as Titles
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Raggedy Rose · as Titles
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Bromo and Juliet · as Titles
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The Fourth Alarm · as Titles
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Mighty Like a Moose · as Titles
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Thundering Fleas · as Titles
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Madame Mystery · as Titles
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Mary, Queen of Tots · as Titles
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Innocent Husbands · as Titles
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Bad Boy · as Titles
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The Soilers · as Titles
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Derby Day · as Titles
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Stage Fright · as Titles
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Why Worry? · as Titles
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Dogs of War! · as Titles
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Safety Last! · as Titles
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Dr. Jack · as Titles
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Our Gang · as Titles
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A Sailor-Made Man · as Titles
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Among Those Present · as Titles
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From Hand to Mouth · as Titles
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Captain Kidd's Kids · as Titles
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Next Aisle Over · as Scenario
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Bashful · as Titles