Walter Bullock (May 6, 1907, in Shelburn, Indiana – August 19, 1953, in
Los Angeles, California
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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
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, 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 in film, 1930), ''Something to Sing About (1937 fi ...
, 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
Academy Awards
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