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Fred C. Newmeyer
Director 1888 - 1967

Fred C. Newmeyer

Central City, Colorado, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

10 titles
The Moth

The Moth

Fred C. Newmeyer 1934 1h 4m 7.0

Wealthy young socialite Diane Wyman squanders her fortune and becomes involved in a scandalous raid at a wild party. Her legal guardian, a lecherous old man who has the hots for her, hires a private detective to spy on her. He tails her to a train headed for New Orleans, but she catches on to him.

Lost in the Legion

Lost in the Legion

Fred C. Newmeyer 1934 1h 9m

Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!

The Freshman

The Freshman

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1925 1h 17m 8.5

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

Hot Water

Hot Water

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1924 59m

Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow. Finally, a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and becomes convinced that he's killed her!

Girl Shy

Girl Shy

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1924 1h 20m 7.3

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.

Why Worry?

Why Worry?

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1923 1h 3m 7.0

Harold Van Pelham (Lloyd) is a hypochondriac, rich businessman who sails to the tropics for his 'health.' Instead of the peace and seclusion he is seeking, he finds himself in the middle of a revolution. He is imprisoned where he befriends the friendly giant, Colosso (Aasen), and they engineer an escape. Together, they quell the revolution.

Safety Last!

Safety Last!

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1923 1h 13m 7.7

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

Fred C. Newmeyer 1922 1h

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

Dr. Jack

Dr. Jack

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1922 1h

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.

Never Weaken

Never Weaken

Fred C. Newmeyer 1921 29m

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.

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