Oscar A. C. Lund
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Oscar A.C. Lund was a Swedish-born silent film
actor, screenwriter and director of the American
and Swedish motion picture industry.
, Sweden
. He was the son of Swedish actor and theater director Carl Ludwig Lund (1858–1893). He emigrated in 1900 to the United States. Sometimes referred to by his initials "O.A.C.", Lund joined the burgeoning motion picture industry, directing his first film in 1912 titled The Wager. The following year, Lund filmed The Great Unknown in Canada
, marking it as the first dramatic film ever to be made in that country.
As was often the case in the early days of film, Lund also wrote the screenplay as well as acted in many of the films he directed. In 1917 he wrote what might be labeled as a docudrama called Mother Love and the Law. The film was based on a real life child-custody case in Illinois
.
Between 1912 to 1924, Oscar Lund directed more than 60 films in the United States. These included the first feature film made by the New Jersey
based U.S. division of the French Éclair Film Company
in 1914 titled Into the Wilderness. He frequently worked with director and screenwriter B. A. Rolfe, and with the British
actress Barbara Tennant, directing her in more than half a dozen films.
In 1933 in his native Sweden, Lund returned to filmmaking, directing his first talkie, a Swedish language film titled Kärlek och dynamit (Love and Dynamite).
Oscar Lund died in 1963 and was interred in the Skogskyrkogården
in Stockholm.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
actor, screenwriter and director of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Swedish motion picture industry.
Biography
Oskar Augustus Constantine Lund was born in GothenburgGothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He was the son of Swedish actor and theater director Carl Ludwig Lund (1858–1893). He emigrated in 1900 to the United States. Sometimes referred to by his initials "O.A.C.", Lund joined the burgeoning motion picture industry, directing his first film in 1912 titled The Wager. The following year, Lund filmed The Great Unknown in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, marking it as the first dramatic film ever to be made in that country.
As was often the case in the early days of film, Lund also wrote the screenplay as well as acted in many of the films he directed. In 1917 he wrote what might be labeled as a docudrama called Mother Love and the Law. The film was based on a real life child-custody case in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
Between 1912 to 1924, Oscar Lund directed more than 60 films in the United States. These included the first feature film made by the New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
based U.S. division of the French Éclair Film Company
Eclair (camera)
Éclair was a film production, film laboratory and movie camera manufacturing company established in Épinay-sur-Seine, France by Charles Jourjon in 1907....
in 1914 titled Into the Wilderness. He frequently worked with director and screenwriter B. A. Rolfe, and with the British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
actress Barbara Tennant, directing her in more than half a dozen films.
In 1933 in his native Sweden, Lund returned to filmmaking, directing his first talkie, a Swedish language film titled Kärlek och dynamit (Love and Dynamite).
Oscar Lund died in 1963 and was interred in the Skogskyrkogården
Skogskyrkogården
Skogskyrkogården is a cemetery located in the Enskededalen district south of central Stockholm, Sweden...
in Stockholm.
External links
- Oscar A. C. Lund at the Film Database Search
- Oscar A. C. Lund at Find A Grave