Oscar Augustus Constantine Lund (May 21, 1885 – May 2, 1963) was a Swedish-born

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actor, screenwriter and director of the

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and Swedish motion picture industry.

Biography

Oscar A. C. Lund was born May 21, 1885 in

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, Sweden, the son of Swedish actor and theater director Carl Ludvig Lund (1858–1893). He emigrated in 1900 to the United States. Lund joined the burgeoning

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industry, directing his first film in 1912 titled ''The Wager''. The following year, Lund filmed ''The Great Unknown'' in Canada . Lund also wrote the screenplay as well as acted in many of the films he directed. In 1917 he wrote ''Mother Love and the Law'' based on a real life child-custody case in

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. Between 1912 and 1924, Lund directed more than 60 films in the United States. These included the first feature film made by the

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based U.S. division of the French Éclair Film Company in 1914 titled ''Into the Wilderness''. He was a director and writer for ''Together'' (1918), ''The Nature Girl'' (1918) and ''Peg of the Pirates'' (1918). He frequently worked with director and screenwriter

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(1879–1956) and with the British actress

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(1892–1982), directing her in more than half a dozen films. Lund returned to Sweden in 1931, and to filmmaking, directing his first and only

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, a Swedish language film titled ''Kärlek och dynamit'' (1933). Lund died May 2, 1963 and was interred in the

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in Stockholm.

Selected filmography

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Lady Babbie ''Lady Babbie'' is a lost 1913 American silent drama film produced by the United States division of the French film company Eclair. The featurette was written and directed by Oscar A. C. Lund, a native of Sweden, who also costarred in the thre ...

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Her New York ''Her New York'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and Eugene Moore and starring Gladys Hulette, William Parke Jr. and Riley Chamberlin.Connelly p.361 Cast * Gladys Hulette as Phoebe Lester * William Parke Jr. as ...

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For Woman's Favor ''For Woman's Favor'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by O. A. C. Lund and starring Seena Owen and Henry Hull. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Howard Fiske finds himself penniless and disillusioned and deserted by J ...

'' (1924) * ''Kärlek och dynamit (

Love and Dynamite ''Love and Dynamite'' (Swedish: ''Kärlek och dynamit'') is a 1933 Swedish drama film directed by O.A.C. Lund and starring Valdemar Dalquist, Birgit Sergelius and Isa Quensel. It is now considered to be a lost film. Synopsis An engineer takes th ...

)'' (1933)

References

External links

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