Walter Bullock

Not to be confused with Walter Llewellyn Bullock.

Walter Bullock (May 6, 1907, in Shelburn, Indiana – August 19, 1953, in Los Angeles, California)^[1] was an American song lyricist and screenwriter. He recorded with his brother, James Russell Lowell Bullock. On April 22, 1930, they released a record on the Champion label (16004). Side A was "I'm Satisfied With My Girl" and side B was "He Man Chew Tobacco".

After graduating from DePauw University, Bullock started writing for Hollywood in 1936 and was to collaborate with many film composers. In 1936, he had two successes with Magnolias in the Moonlight with music by Victor Schertzinger, and When Did You Leave Heaven? with Richard A. Whiting.^[2]

He was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Selected filmography

• The Gang's All Here (1943)
• Repeat Performance (1947)
• Out of the Blue (1947)
• Adventures of Casanova (1948)
• Golden Girl (1951)
• The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
• The I Don't Care Girl (1953)

References

1. Profile, ibdb.com. Accessed August 26, 2022.
2. Warren W. Vaché: The Unsung songwriters: America's Masters of Melodies 2000 p. 43 "Walter Bullock Lyricist Walter Bullock was born in Shelburn, Indiana, on May 6, 1907, and attended DePauw University. He started writing for the movies in 1936 and collaborated with many of the top composers. Two of the songs he wrote in that first year, Magnolias in the Moonlight, with Victor Schertzinger, and When Did You Leave Heaven?, a collaboration with Richard Whiting, were well received...."

External links

• Walter Bullock at IMDb