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Fred C. Newmeyer
A native of Central City, Colorado, Newmeyer is best known for directing a handful of films in the Our Gang series and for directing several Harold Lloyd movies. With Sam Taylor, Newmeyer co-directed Lloyd in films including Safety Last! (1923), Girl Shy (1924), and The Freshman (1925). Newmeyer also had an extensive directing and acting resume in other comedy short films. He appeared as an actor in 71 films between 1914 and 1923.
Prior to his film career, Newmeyer played professional baseball. Partial statistics exist for his time as a left-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball at the Class D level from 1911 to 1913 in the Southwest Texas League, Michigan State League, and Central Association.[6] He made at least 66 appearances and was the winning pitcher of at least 26 games.
Newmeyer was the original director of the first short in the Our Gang series, also titled Our Gang; his version tested poorly, and producer Hal Roach scrapped most of the footage and remade the short with Robert McGowan as the director. Newmeyer, after directing numerous other shorts at Roach, returned to the Our Gang series in 1936 to direct The Pinch Singer, Arbor Day, Mail and Female and the feature film General Spanky.
Newmeyer and his wife, Berna, had a son, Fred W. After his film career, Newmeyer worked with the athletic department of University High School in Los Angeles. Newmeyer died on April 24, 1967, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 78.
Como dirección
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Rodeo Rhythm
Mail and Female
Arbor Day
The Pinch Singer
General Spanky
A Scream in the Night
Secrets of Chinatown
The Moth
No Ransom
Lost In The Legion
The Big Race
The Night Rider
They Never Come Back
Discarded Lovers
The Gambling Sex
The Fighting Gentleman
Subway Express
Queen High
Fast and Loose
The Grand Parade
Sailor's Holiday
Rainbow Man
It Can Be Done
The Night Bird
Warming Up
The Lunatic at Large
That's My Daddy
The Potters
On Your Toes!
Como intérprete
El hombre mosca
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Hacia Broadway
Captain Kidd's Kids
Young Mr. Jazz
The Marathon
Count Your Change
Don't Shove
A Sammy in Siberia
Billy Blazes
It's a Wild Life
Pipe the Whiskers
The Tip
We Never Sleep
Clubs Are Trump
Love, Laughs and Lather
Rainbow Island
From Laramie to London
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Over the Fence
Pinched
By the Sad Sea Waves
Step Lively
Bashful
All Aboard
Birds of a Feather
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Luke, Patient Provider
Luke, Rank Impersonator