H.M. Walker

Scenariusz

27 czerwca 1878 — 23 czerwca 1937 (58 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • School's Out
    School's Out1930
  • Pups Is Pups
    Pups Is Pups1930
  • Fly My Kite
    Fly My Kite1931
  • Teacher's Pet
    Teacher's Pet1930
  • Bear Shooters
    Bear Shooters1930
  • Love Business
    Love Business1931
  • Choo-Choo!
    Choo-Choo!1932
  • Free Wheeling
    Free Wheeling1932
  • Hook and Ladder
    Hook and Ladder1932
  • Free Eats
    Free Eats1932
  • Dogs Is Dogs
    Dogs Is Dogs1931
  • The Pooch
    The Pooch1932
  • Bouncing Babies
    Bouncing Babies1929
  • Shiver My Timbers
    Shiver My Timbers1931
  • Helping Grandma
    Helping Grandma1931
  • Boxing Gloves
    Boxing Gloves1929
  • Readin' and Writin'
    Readin' and Writin'1932
  • Spanky
    Spanky1932
  • Small Talk
    Small Talk1929
  • The First Seven Years
    The First Seven Years1930

Known For

  • The Music Box
    The Music Box1932
  • Jeszcze wyżej
    Jeszcze wyżej1923
  • Wielki Biznes
    Wielki Biznes1929
  • Małe Piwo
    Małe Piwo1931
  • Schowajcie swoje smutki
    Schowajcie swoje smutki1932
  • Another Fine Mess
    Another Fine Mess1930
  • Helpmates
    Helpmates1932
  • County Hospital
    County Hospital1932
  • The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
    The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case1930
  • Brudna robota
    Brudna robota1933
  • Beau Hunks
    Beau Hunks1931
  • Below Zero
    Below Zero1930
  • Laughing Gravy
    Laughing Gravy1931
  • Blotto
    Blotto1930
  • Night Owls
    Night Owls1930
  • One Good Turn
    One Good Turn1931
  • An Eastern Westerner
    An Eastern Westerner1920
  • Berth Marks
    Berth Marks1929
  • Bitwa stulecia
    Bitwa stulecia1927
  • Scram!
    Scram!1932

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