H.M. Walker

Sceneggiatore

27 giugno 1878 — 23 giugno 1937 (58 anni)
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).

Film e Serie su Plex

  • La Scuola è finita
    La Scuola è finita1930
  • Mostra canina
    Mostra canina1930
  • Un ricco aquilone
    Un ricco aquilone1931
  • La nuova Maestra
    La nuova Maestra1930
  • Caccia all'orso
    Caccia all'orso1930
  • Love Business
    Love Business1931
  • Ciuf Ciuf
    Ciuf Ciuf1932
  • Free Wheeling
    Free Wheeling1932
  • Allarme Antincendio
    Allarme Antincendio1932
  • Neonati prodigio
    Neonati prodigio1932
  • E io lo dico alla mamma
    E io lo dico alla mamma1931
  • Vita da cani
    Vita da cani1932
  • Un bambino difficile
    Un bambino difficile1929
  • All’arrembaggio
    All’arrembaggio1931
  • Helping Grandma
    Helping Grandma1931
  • Febbre del ring
    Febbre del ring1929
  • Leggi e scrivi
    Leggi e scrivi1932
  • La capanna dello zio Tom
    La capanna dello zio Tom1932
  • Una nuova mamma
    Una nuova mamma1929
  • The First Seven Years
    The First Seven Years1930

Famoso per

  • La scala musicale
    La scala musicale1932
  • Preferisco l'ascensore!
    Preferisco l'ascensore!1923
  • Affari in grande
    Affari in grande1929
  • Muraglie
    Muraglie1931
  • Il compagno B
    Il compagno B1932
  • Un nuovo imbroglio
    Un nuovo imbroglio1930
  • Ospedale di contea
    Ospedale di contea1932
  • Vita in campagna
    Vita in campagna1934
  • L'eredità (I vagabondi)
    L'eredità (I vagabondi)1930
  • Il talismano della nonna
    Il talismano della nonna1922
  • Sporco lavoro (Alchimia)
    Sporco lavoro (Alchimia)1933
  • I due legionari
    I due legionari1931
  • Non c'è niente da ridere
    Non c'è niente da ridere1931
  • La sbornia
    La sbornia1930
  • I ladroni
    I ladroni1930
  • Andiamo a lavorare
    Andiamo a lavorare1931
  • Concerto di violoncello
    Concerto di violoncello1929
  • La battaglia del secolo
    La battaglia del secolo1927
  • Il fantasma stregato
    Il fantasma stregato1934
  • Ospiti inattesi
    Ospiti inattesi1932

Filmografia

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 DialogueSu Plex
1932
Hook and Ladder · as DialogueSu Plex
1932
Show Business · as Dialogue
1932
You're Telling Me · as Dialogue
1932
Helpmates · as Dialogue
1931
Readin' and Writin' · as DialogueSu Plex
1931
Hasty Marriage · as Dialogue
1931
Dogs Is Dogs · as DialogueSu Plex
1931
One Good Turn · as Dialogue
1931
The Pajama Party · as Dialogue
1931
Come Clean · as Dialogue
1931
Skip the Maloo! · as Dialogue
1931
Big Ears · as DialogueSu Plex
1931
Pardon Us · as Dialogue
1931
Fly My Kite · as DialogueSu Plex
1931
One of the Smiths · as Dialogue
1931
Our Wife · as Dialogue
1931
Bargain Day · as DialogueSu Plex
1931
Rough Seas · as Dialogue
1931
Los calaveras · as Dialogue
1931
Chickens Come Home · as Dialogue
1930
Laughing Gravy · as Dialogue
1930
Another Fine Mess · as Dialogue
1930
School's Out · as DialogueSu Plex
1930
Bigger and Better · as Dialogue
1930
Noche de duendes · as Dialogue
1930
Teacher's Pet · as DialogueSu Plex
1930
Pups Is Pups · as DialogueSu Plex
1930
A Tough Winter · as DialogueSu Plex
1930
Hog Wild · as Dialogue
1930
Bear Shooters · as Story EditorSu Plex
1930
Below Zero · as Dialogue
1930
All Teed Up · as Dialogue
1930
When the Wind Blows · as Story EditorSu Plex
1930
Brats · as Dialogue
1930
The First Seven Years · as Story EditorSu Plex
1930
Blotto · as Dialogue
1929
Shivering Shakespeare · as Story EditorSu Plex
1929
Angora Love · as Other
1929
Moan & Groan, Inc. · as Story EditorSu Plex
1929
The Hoose-Gow · as Story Editor
1929
Bacon Grabbers · as Titles
1929
Bouncing Babies · as Story EditorSu Plex
1929
Boxing Gloves · as DialogueSu Plex
1929
Lazy Days · as Story EditorSu Plex
1929
Railroadin' · as Story EditorSu Plex
1929
Berth Marks · as Titles
1929
Small Talk · as DialogueSu Plex
1929
Unaccustomed As We Are · as Dialogue
1929
That's My Wife · as Titles
1928
We Faw Down · as Titles
1928
Habeas Corpus · as Titles
1928
Two Tars · as Titles
1928
Flying Elephants · as Titles
1927
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1927
Hats Off · as Titles
1927
Call of the Cuckoo · as Titles
1927
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1927
Love 'Em and Weep · as Titles
1927
Slipping Wives · as Titles
1927
Duck Soup · as Titles
1927
Why Girls Say No · as Titles
1927
1926
1926
Raggedy Rose · as Titles
1926
Bromo and Juliet · as Titles
1926
The Fourth Alarm · as Titles
1926
Mighty Like a Moose · as Titles
1926
Thundering Fleas · as Titles
1926
Madame Mystery · as Titles
1925
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Mary, Queen of Tots · as Titles
1925
Innocent Husbands · as Titles
1925
Bad Boy · as Titles
1923
The Soilers · as Titles
1923
Derby Day · as Titles
1923
Stage Fright · as Titles
1923
Why Worry? · as Titles
1923
Dogs of War! · as Titles
1923
Safety Last! · as Titles
1922
Dr. Jack · as Titles
1922
Our Gang · as Titles
1921
A Sailor-Made Man · as Titles
1921
Among Those Present · as Titles
1919
From Hand to Mouth · as Titles
1919
Captain Kidd's Kids · as Titles
1919
Next Aisle Over · as Scenario
1918
1917
Bashful · as Titles