Walter Bullock (May 6, 1907,

Shelburn, Indiana Shelburn is a town in Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,252 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Shelburn was named after the town's founder, ...

– August 19, 1953,

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) 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 DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the ...

, 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 Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include '' Paramount on Parade'' (co-director, 1930), ''Something to Sing About'' (1937) with James C ...

, and ''When Did You Leave Heaven?'' with Richard A. Whiting. 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...." He was nominated for two

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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)

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* 1907 births 1953 deaths American male screenwriters People from Sullivan County, Indiana DePauw University alumni Writers from Indiana 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-songwriter-stub