Fred Guiol
Frederick Lawrence Guiol , also Fred L. Guiol (born February 17, 1898 in San Francisco , California , † May 23, 1964 in Bishop , California) was an American screenwriter , cameraman , film director and film producer .
Live and act
Guiol attended private schools in Mexico before returning to the United States. He began his film career at the age of almost 20 as a prop boy for DW Griffith's propaganda film Hearts of the World (1917/18). In 1919 he was shown as a cameraman in two short films , in 1921 Guiol found employment at Hal Roach's production company and was employed in pretty much every imaginable position, including as a small actor. Also on Harold Lloyd's comedy classic Skyscraper of all things! the Californian was involved in the (technical team).
In the same year 1923 Roach gave him the first opportunity to work as a short film director. With Battling Orioles , Fred Guiol was also able to make a (60-minute) feature film in 1924. His productions also include some early works by the comedian duo Laurel & Hardy . Since the beginning of the sound film era, Fred Guiol shifted his field of activity more and more towards screenwriting. After 1936 he hardly ever staged. Like his directorial work, his script contributions hardly got beyond the B format. Only his last work, the James Dean classic giants, stands out from the mediocre. For this achievement, Fred Guiol received an Oscar nomination in 1957 . After that, he no longer appeared on film.
Fred Guiol was also a regular producer of films in the 1940s.
Filmography (selection)
as a short film director
- 1923: Heavy Seas
- 1924: Battling Orioles (feature film)
- 1924: The Goofy Age
- 1924: Meet the Missus
- 1925: A Sailor Papa
- 1925: The Bouncer
- 1925: The Big Kick
- 1925: Cuckoo Love
- 1926: The Hug Bug
- 1926: Laurel and Hardy: This Lady is a Guy (45 Minutes from Hollywood)
- 1926: Ukulele Sheiks
- 1926: Along Came Auntie
- 1927: Two-Time Mama
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: Love 'Em and Weep (Love' Em and Weep)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: Sugar Daddies (Sugar Daddies)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: Sailors, Beware! (Sailor, Beware!)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: The Second Hundred Years (The Second Hundred Years)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: Slipping Wives (Slipping Wives)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: Easy prey (Duck Soup)
- 1927: Laurel and Hardy: With Love And Hisses (With Love And Hisses)
- 1927: The Robbery's Revenge (Do Detectives Think?)
- 1928: Love limousine
- 1928: Aching Love
- 1928: The Boy Friend
- 1930: The Head Guy
- 1930: Rich Uncles
- 1930: Hold the Baby
- 1930: Breakfast in Bed
- 1931: Parents Wanted
- 1931: Chasing Trouble
- 1934: The Big Mouthpiece
- 1935: Horse Hair
- 1935: The Rainmakers (feature film)
- 1936: Silly Billiges (feature film)
- 1941: Tanks a Million (feature film)
- 1941: Miss Polly (feature film)
- 1942: Hay Foot (feature film)
- 1948: Here Comes Trouble (feature film)
- 1952: Mr. Walkie Talkie (feature film)
- 1953: My Hero (TV series), episode: El toro
as a screenwriter for short films, unless otherwise stated
- 1925: The Haunted Honeymoon
- 1930: Live and Learn
- 1932: Who, me?
- 1932: Boys Will be Boys
- 1933: Should Crooners Marry
- 1933: The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
- 1934: Cracked Shots
- 1934: Kentucky Kernels
- 1935: The Nitwits (feature film)
- 1939: Uprising in Sidi Hakim ( Gunga Din , feature film)
- 1939: Vigil in the Night (feature film)
- 1956: Giants ( Giant , feature film)
as a producer or production manager of feature films
- 1941: Chords of Love (Penny Serenade)
- 1942: Hay Foot
- 1942: Fall In
- 1942: Witness for the Prosecution (The Talk of the Town)
- 1943: Always more, always happier (The More the Merrier)
- 1943: Taxi, Mister
- 1943: Yanks Ahoy
- 1943: Prairie Chickens
- 1948: Here Comes Trouble
- 1949: Two Knights From Brooklyn
literature
- International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 116
Web links
- Fred Guiol in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Guiol, Fred |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guiol, Frederick Lawrence (full name); Guiol, Fred L. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter, cameraman, film director, and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1964 |
Place of death | Bishop , California |