Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
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Name (Latin)
Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
Date of birth
1891-03-20
Date of death
1959-12-24
Field of activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Actors
Dramatists
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Theatrical producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- IMDb, October 2, 2017(Edmund Goulding (1891-1959); born March 20, 1891 in Feltham, Middlesex, England; died December 24, 1959 in Los Angeles, California; Edmund Goulding was an actor/playwright/director on the London stage, and entered the British army when WWI broke out; mustered out of the service because of wounds suffered in battle, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1921; he obtained assignments as a screenwriter in Hollywood, wrote a novel, "Fury," in 1922 and directed the film version of it (Fury, 1923); hired as a screenwriter/director by MGM in 1925, Goulding quickly developed a reputation for turning out tasteful, cultured dramas and drawing-room comedies, the best example of this being Grand Hotel (1932); he was entrusted with the pictures of some of MGM's biggest stars, such as Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford; one of his best-known films was Nightmare Alley (1947); he directed 9 actors to Oscar nominations; Mary Astor and Anne Baxter won Oscars for their performances in Goulding's films)
- Grand hotel [MP] 1932:credits (director, Edmund Goulding)
- Halliwell's Filmgoer's comp., 1980(Edmund Goulding; b. 1891; d. 1959; director)