Fred Guiol

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Fred Guiol

Directing February 17, 1898

San Francisco, California, USA

Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their fam…

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Giant

Giant

7.6 1956 Movie
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

7.3 1951 Movie
Gunga Din

Gunga Din

6.5 1939 Movie
The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

7.3 1942 Movie
Penny Serenade

Penny Serenade

6.6 1941 Movie
The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

7.0 1943 Movie
The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

6.2 1927 Movie
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

6.4 1927 Movie
Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?

6.4 1927 Movie
Sugar Daddies

Sugar Daddies

6.0 1927 Movie
45 Minutes from Hollywood

45 Minutes from Hollywood

5.3 1926 Movie
With Love and Hisses

With Love and Hisses

6.1 1927 Movie

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Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.

Filmography

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  1. 1956
    Giant

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1952
    Mr. Walkie Talkie

    Movie Director

  3. 1952
    Something to Live For

    Movie Other

  4. 1951
    As You Were

    Movie Director

  5. 1951
    A Place in the Sun

    Movie Other

  6. 1948
    Here Comes Trouble

    Movie Director

  7. 1944
    Abroad with Two Yanks

    Movie Writer

  8. 1943
    Yanks Ahoy

    Movie Producer

  9. 1943
    Prairie Chickens

    Movie Associate Producer

  10. 1943
    The More the Merrier

    Movie Associate Producer

  11. 1943
    Taxi, Mister

    Movie Associate Producer

  12. 1942
    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    Movie Associate Producer

  13. 1942
    Fall In

    Movie Producer

  14. 1942
    The Talk of the Town

    Movie Associate Producer

  15. 1942
    About Face

    Movie Producer

  16. 1942
    Dudes Are Pretty People

    Movie Associate Producer

More credits
  1. 1942
    Hay Foot

    Movie Director

  2. 1941
    Miss Polly

    Movie Director

  3. 1941
    Niagara Falls

    Movie Producer

  4. 1941
    Tanks a Million

    Movie Director

  5. 1941
    Penny Serenade

    Movie Associate Producer

  6. 1940
    Vigil in the Night

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1939
    Gunga Din

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1936
    Mummy's Boys

    Movie Director

  9. 1936
    Silly Billies

    Movie Story

  10. 1935
    The Rainmakers

    Movie Director

  11. 1935
    A Quiet Fourth

    Movie Director

  12. 1935
    The Nitwits

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1935
    Raised and Called

    Movie Director

  14. 1935
    Horse Heir

    Movie Director

  15. 1934
    Kentucky Kernels

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1934
    Ocean Swells

    Movie Writer

  17. 1934
    Rough Necking

    Movie Story

  18. 1934
    What's Your Racket

    Movie Director

  19. 1933
    Walking Back Home

    Movie Story

  20. 1933
    What Fur

    Movie Story

  21. 1933
    Flirting in the Park

    Movie Story

  22. 1933
    The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

    Movie Writer

  23. 1932
    Boys Will Be Boys

    Movie Writer

  24. 1931
    Disappearing Enemies

    Movie Director