Directing

Fred C. Newmeyer

Born August 8, 1888 · Central City, Colorado, USA

Died April 24, 1967 · aged 78

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 …

Known For

Now or Never

Now or Never · 1921

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Safety Last!

Safety Last! · 1923

MovieComedyRomance

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy · 1922

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

Young Mr. Jazz

Young Mr. Jazz · 1919

While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.

Luke's Society Mixup

Luke's Society Mixup · 1916

Luke's Society Mixup

Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then matters get out of hand.

Why Worry?

Why Worry? · 1923

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Luke Locates the Loot

Luke Locates the Loot · 1916

Luke Locates the Loot

As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.

Girl Shy

Girl Shy · 1924

MovieComedyRomance

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.

Filmography

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Now or Never

Now or Never · 1921

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Director

Safety Last!

Safety Last! · 1923

MovieComedyRomance

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Director

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy · 1922

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

Director

Young Mr. Jazz

Young Mr. Jazz · 1919

While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.

(uncredited)

Luke's Society Mixup

Luke's Society Mixup · 1916

Luke's Society Mixup

Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then matters get out of hand.

Why Worry?

Why Worry? · 1923

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Director

Luke Locates the Loot

Luke Locates the Loot · 1916

Luke Locates the Loot

As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.

Girl Shy

Girl Shy · 1924

MovieComedyRomance

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.

Director

Warming Up

Warming Up · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Bert, a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae, the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, he falls for the team owner's daughter, who McRae has designs on.

Director

The Freshman

The Freshman · 1925

MovieComedyRomance

An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.

Director

Over the Fence

Over the Fence · 1917

Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.

(uncredited)

Bashful

Bashful · 1917

In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.

Among Those Present

Among Those Present · 1921

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Director

Never Weaken

Never Weaken · 1921

A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.

Director

Dr. Jack

Dr. Jack · 1922

MovieComedyRomance

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.

Director

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients · 1917

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses.

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

Lonesome Luke, Messenger · 1917

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.

Luke's Movie Muddle

Luke's Movie Muddle · 1916

Luke's Movie Muddle

Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate · 1925

Seven Keys to Baldpate

MovieComedyThriller

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

Director

Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island · 1917

After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.

Captain Kidd's Kids

Captain Kidd's Kids · 1919

Captain Kidd's Kids

MovieComedyFantasy

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

Ah Nix (Chinese Cook)

They Never Come Back

They Never Come Back · 1932

They Never Come Back

MovieDramaAction

Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."

Director

Bumping Into Broadway

Bumping Into Broadway · 1919

Bumping Into Broadway

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.

The Night Bird

The Night Bird · 1928

A boxer falls in love with a girl he meets in the park.

Director