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A cinematographer from film's early days, Walter Lundin has had a career closely associated with that of comedy legend Harold Lloyd. Born in 19th-century Chicago, Lundin began his career working on silent film shorts in 1915. His first such effort was "Willie Runs the Park," the first of many collaborations between Lloyd and director Hal Roach. Other films he shot with Lloyd include "Ove...

Filmography

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The Great Morgan (1945)

Director of Photographer "Badminton"

Gentle Annie (1944)

Director of Photography

Adventure in Music (1944)

Harrigan's Kid (1943)

Director of Photography

Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Director of Photography

The Good Earth (1937)

Loc Camera at Cedar City

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For Heaven's Sake (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Two Earthquakes And A Landslide

For Heaven's Sake (1926) -- (Movie Clip) No Interest Whatsoever

Biography

A cinematographer from film's early days, Walter Lundin has had a career closely associated with that of comedy legend Harold Lloyd. Born in 19th-century Chicago, Lundin began his career working on silent film shorts in 1915. His first such effort was "Willie Runs the Park," the first of many collaborations between Lloyd and director Hal Roach. Other films he shot with Lloyd include "Over the Fence" and 1917's "Pinched," which Lloyd directed. He worked with both Roach and Lloyd on numerous shorts leading up to the 1923 feature-length comedy thriller "Safety Last!," one of the silent era's most famous films and an enduring classic of cinematic history. Lloyd split with Hal Roach after that success, but Lundin continued working with the actor and followed him through his transition into sound films. After "Girl Shy" in 1924, the college-themed "The Freshman" in 1925, and several more silent films, the pair made Lloyd's first talkie, "Welcome Danger," in 1929. The 1934 comedy "The Cat's-Paw" would prove to be his last film with Lloyd. He also shot many of duo Laurel and Hardy's comedies in the '30s including "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case," the circus-themed "The Chimp," and the musical feature "The Bohemian Girl" in 1936. His last feature with Laurel and Hardy was the 1937 comedic Western "Way Out West," considered one of their best films. For the rest of his career, which lasted until the early '50s, he shot comedic and documentary shorts.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Great Morgan (1945)

Director of Photographer "Badminton"

Gentle Annie (1944)

Director of Photography

Adventure in Music (1944)

Harrigan's Kid (1943)

Director of Photography

Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Director of Photography

The Good Earth (1937)

Loc Camera at Cedar City

Way Out West (1937)

General Spanky (1936)

The Bohemian Girl (1936)

Night Cargo (1935)

Bonnie Scotland (1935)

The Cat's-Paw (1934)

Movie Crazy (1932)

Feet First (1930)

Director of Photography

Welcome Danger (1929)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

The Kid Brother (1927)

Director of Photography

For Heaven's Sake (1926)

Director of Photography

The Freshman (1925)

Hot Water (1924)

Director of Photography

Girl Shy (1924)

Director of Photography

Safety Last! (1923)

Why Worry? (1923)

Director of Photography

Doctor Jack (1922)

Director of Photography

Grandma's Boy (1922)

Director of Photography

A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

Director of Photography

Now or Never (1921)

Cinematographer

High and Dizzy (1920)

Cinematographer

Number, Please? (1920)

Cinematographer

Haunted Spooks (1920)

Cinematographer

Get Out and Get Under (1920)

Cinematographer

An Eastern Westerner (1920)

Cinematographer

Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

Cinematographer

Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919)

Cinematographer (Uncredited)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

Photographer, <I>The Freshman</I>

Cinematography (Short)

Reducing (1952)

Cinematographer

A Really Important Person (1947)

Cinematographer

The Horse with the Human Mind (1946)

Cinematographer

The Great American Mug (1945)

Cinematographer

Why Daddy? (1944)

Cinematographer

Radio Bugs (1944)

Cinematographer

Family Troubles (1943)

Cinematographer

My Tomato (1943)

Cinematographer

Forgotten Treasure (1943)

Cinematographer

Surprised Parties (1942)

Cinematographer

Don't Lie (1942)

Cinematographer

VICTORY QUIZ (1942)

Cinematographer

The Film That Was Lost (1942)

Cinematographer

Going to Press (1942)

Cinematographer

Calling All Pa's (1942)

Cinematographer

Third Dimensional Murder (1941)

Cinematographer

Quicker'n a Wink (1940)

Cinematographer

The Day of Rest (1939)

Cinematographer

See Your Doctor (1939)

Cinematographer

Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)

Cinematographer

The Misses Stooge (1935)

Cinematographer

The Music Box (1932)

Cinematographer (Uncredited)

Skip the Maloo! (1931)

Cinematographer

What a Bozo! (1931)

Cinematographer

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

Cinematographer (Uncredited)

Pay Your Dues (1919)

Cinematographer

A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919)

Cinematographer

Look Pleasant, Please (1918)

Cinematographer

A Gasoline Wedding (1918)

Cinematographer

Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)

Cinematographer

Rainbow Island (1917)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Film Production - Main (Short)

More Trifles of Importance (1941)

Friend Indeed (1937)

The Misses Stooge (1935)

The Pajama Party (1931)

Life Events

Videos

For Heaven's Sake (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Two Earthquakes And A Landslide Opening Harold Lloyd’s first feature made for Paramount, Paul Weigel as the city missionary, Jobyna Ralston his daughter, then eventually to Lloyd as impossibly rich “Harold Manners,” expressing his wealth through cars, in For Heaven’s Sake, 1926.

For Heaven's Sake (1926) -- (Movie Clip) No Interest Whatsoever Out of gratitude Jobyna Ralston (“the downtown girl”) has named her charity for money-soaked Harold (Lloyd) Manners, who is piqued because he wasn’t asked, but his view changes when he meets her and her minister father (Paul Weigel), to whom he gave the check, tries to explain, early in For Heaven’s Sake, 1926.

For Heaven's Sake (1926) -- (Movie Clip) People's Engineering Whiz-bang stunt with a car and a train, after an elaborate chase in which Harold Lloyd, as filthy-rich “Harold Manners,” in the new ride he’s just casually purchased, picks up cops chasing bandits, in Lloyd’s first Paramount feature, For Heaven’s Sake, 1926.

Never Weaken (1921) -- (Movie Clip) In A Certain City The opening of Harold Lloyd’s last short, for Hal Roach Studios, before moving to features, introducing Mildred Davis as his love interest and Mark Jones as an acrobatic office building neighbor, in Never Weaken, 1921.

Never Weaken (1921) -- (Movie Clip) Like A Hollow Sepulcher Wrongly convinced that his beloved (Mildred Davis, occupant of the office next door) is marrying someone else, the boy (Harold Lloyd) proceeds with the first two of several suicide attempts, in the three-reel Hal Roach short Never Weaken, 1921.

Kid Brother, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Mary Opening title sequence, not featuring the star, from Harold Lloyd's 1927 masterpiece The Kid Brother, with Jobyna Ralston as "Mary," directed by Ted Wilde.

Movie Crazy (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Out Of The Ice Box! Harold (Lloyd) reveals his perhaps obsessive interest in the movies, in this early scene from Movie Crazy, 1932, also starring Constance Cummings, directed by Clyde Bruckman.

Movie Crazy (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Won't See A Thing! Harold (Lloyd) has stepped off the train in Hollywood, where he's come to make his name, and finds himself immediately on a movie set, where Bill (Eddie Fetherstone) employs him as an extra, who makes trouble for the director (Sydney Jarvis), early in Movie Crazy, 1932.

Speedy (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Coney Island Several mishaps already survived, and unaware that he's got a crab in his pocket, Speedy (Harold Lloyd) and Jane (Ann Christy) ride the spinning wheel and enjoy attractions at Coney Island in Speedy, 1928.

Speedy (1928) -- (Movie Clip) The Only Thing Speedy Required Much discussed, now appearing in his first scene, Yankees fan Speedy (Harold Lloyd) handles his soda-jerk job with skill as he keeps track of the score in Speedy, 1928.

Speedy (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Babe Ruth Thus far barely able to secure a fare in his new gig as a cabbie, Yankees fanatic Speedy (Harold Lloyd) is kind of staking out (the real!) Babe Ruth, and it works, on location in New York, in Speedy, 1928.

Freshman, The (1925) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, College Yells Opening credits and introduction of producer and star Harold Lloyd (as budding college man "Harold Lamb), along with his parents, from the 1925 silent comedy hit The Freshman.

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