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Edmund Goulding is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Co-Director and Sound British born on 20 march 1891 at England (United-kingdom)
Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British film writer and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 British made Paramount silent Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 20s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray and directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas such as Love (1927), Grand Hotel (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis, and The Razor's Edge (1946) with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power. He also directed the classic film noir Nightmare Alley (1947) with Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and the action drama The Dawn Patrol. He was also a successful songwriter, composer, and producer.
Interviewed about his Goulding biography Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory (2009), film historian Matthew Kennedy stated:
He not only directed many types of films, but he took on multiple functions on each set. Though he didn’t usually take credit, he co-wrote many scripts, composed incidental music, produced, even consulted on makeup, costumes, and hair styling. His one blind spot in production seems to be the camera...When shooting a scene, Eddie was intent on capturing performers at their best and most truthful, but he left the mechanics of filming to his cameramen...he seemed adept at just about everything — comedy (Everybody Does It, We’re Not Married!), ensemble dramas (Grand Hotel), family relations (White Banners, Claudia), war (The Dawn Patrol, We Are Not Alone), psychiatry (The Flame Within), show business (Blondie of the Follies), male-female relationships (The Devil's Holiday, Riptide), and even existentialism (The Razor's Edge) and the dark arts of spiritism (Nightmare Alley).
He died during heart surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
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Birth name Edmund Goulding
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 march 1891 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 24 december 1959 (at 68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 march 1891 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 24 december 1959 (at 68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Before moving to films, Goulding was an actor, playwright and director on the London stage.Interviewed about his Goulding biography Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory (2009), film historian Matthew Kennedy stated:
He not only directed many types of films, but he took on multiple functions on each set. Though he didn’t usually take credit, he co-wrote many scripts, composed incidental music, produced, even consulted on makeup, costumes, and hair styling. His one blind spot in production seems to be the camera...When shooting a scene, Eddie was intent on capturing performers at their best and most truthful, but he left the mechanics of filming to his cameramen...he seemed adept at just about everything — comedy (Everybody Does It, We’re Not Married!), ensemble dramas (Grand Hotel), family relations (White Banners, Claudia), war (The Dawn Patrol, We Are Not Alone), psychiatry (The Flame Within), show business (Blondie of the Follies), male-female relationships (The Devil's Holiday, Riptide), and even existentialism (The Razor's Edge) and the dark arts of spiritism (Nightmare Alley).
He died during heart surgery at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
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The Constant Nymph (1943)
, 1h52Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, May Whitty
Roles Himself, Trailer Host & Narrator
Rating66%
Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer) is a composer in Brussels, but his most recent latest symphony is badly received in London. To get over the rejection, he decides to visit his old friend and fellow musician, Albert Sanger (Montagu Love), at his house in Switzerland. Lewis' arrival causes great excitement among Sanger's four daughters: Kate (Jean Muir), Toni (Brenda Marshall), Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds).
Paramount on Parade (1930)
, 1h42Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Brower, Rowland V. Lee, Dorothy Arzner, Victor Schertzinger, Frank Tuttle, A. Edward Sutherland, Edmund Goulding, Victor Heerman, Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jean Arthur, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Evelyn Brent, Mary Brian, Nancy Carroll
Rating58%
Plusieurs épisodes de music-hall mis en scène par 11 réalisateurs hollywoodiens.
Three Live Ghosts (1922)
, 1hDirected by George Fitzmaurice
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Edmund Goulding, Cyril Chadwick, Clare Greet, Dorothy Fane
Roles Jimmy Gubbins
Rating66%
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Henry Victor, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Dorothy Fane, A.B. Imeson, Edmund Goulding
Rating51%
Henry VIII (1911)
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Basil Gill, Henry Hewitt, Reginald Owen, Clifford Heatherley, Edmund Goulding
Roles A Crier
Rating58%
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Mardi Gras (1958)
, 1h47Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Pat Boone, Christine Carrère, Tommy Sands, Sheree North, Gary Crosby, Sheree North
Rating54%
A military school cadet (Boone) wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. The two fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity.
Teenage Rebel (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie, Mildred Natwick, Lili Gentle, Louise Beavers, Irene Hervey
Rating61%
A sensitive young woman who has been living with her divorced father goes to live at her mother's home for three weeks.
, 1h27Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Mitzi Gaynor, William Lundigan, Jane Greer, David Wayne, Gloria DeHaven, Gene Lockhart
Rating56%
World War II is coming to an end, but rather than being sent home, Capt. Bill Willoby and Lt. Frank Schmidt, along with their unit, are assigned to Midi Island, formerly held by the Japanese. They receive a friendly welcome there from King Jilouili and many native girls.
We're Not Married! (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films, Films about marriage
Actors Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas
Rating63%
When elderly Mr. Bush (Victor Moore) is appointed justice of the peace, he starts marrying couples on Christmas Eve. However, his appointment isn't valid until the first of January. Two years later, this issue becomes known when one of the six couples he married files divorce. To avoid a bigger scandal, the remaining five couples are informed that they are not really married. The film then shows how the couples react on the news:
Mister 880 (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Millard Mitchell, Minor Watson, Howard St. John
Rating69%
Un faux-monnayeur parvient depuis vingt ans à échapper aux agents du Trésor Américain, non pas qu'il soit expert, mais au contraire, son amateurisme fait qu'il n'imprime que cinquante dollars par mois. L'agent Buchanan tente de l'épingler. On ne peut pas se tromper sur l'origine de ses billets, ils sont mal imités et comportent une faute à Washington !
Everybody Does It (1949)
, 1h45Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, Charles Coburn, Millard Mitchell, Lucile Watson
Rating65%
Leonard Borland (Paul Douglas) lives and works in New York City as a wrecking contractor, married to socialite Doris (Celeste Holm). Even though – according to her husband – she has no singing talent, Doris considers herself an aspiring opera singer and regularly pressures Leonard to accompany her to operas. Already dismayed by his father-in-law Major Blair's (Charles Coburn) insistence that Doris takes some singing lessons, Leonard further estranges from Doris when her career takes off. Despite financing her recital and arranging an important critic to watch her performance, Doris shows no gratitude.
Nightmare Alley (1947)
, 1h51Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Circus films, Films about magic and magicians, Escroquerie
Actors Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Helen Walker, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith
Rating76%
The movie follows the rise and fall of a con man—a story that begins and ends at a seedy traveling carnival. Fascinated by everything there, including a grotesque geek, Stanton "Stan" Carlisle (Tyrone Power) works with "Mademoiselle Zeena" (Joan Blondell) and her alcoholic husband, Pete (Ian Keith). Once a top-billed act, Zeena and Pete used an ingenious code to make it appear that she had extraordinary mental powers, until her (unspecified) misdeeds drove Pete to drink and reduced them to working in a third-rate outfit. Stanton learns that many people want to buy the code from Zeena for a lot of money but she won't sell; she is saving it as a nest egg. He tries to romance Zeena into teaching it to him but she remains faithful to her husband and even hopes to send him to a detox clinic for alcoholics.
The Razor's Edge (1946)
, 2h25Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall
Rating72%
The film, in which W. Somerset Maugham (Herbert Marshall) is himself a minor character, drifting in and out of the lives of the major players, opens at a party held following World War I in 1919 at a country club in Chicago, Illinois. Elliott Templeton (Clifton Webb), an expatriate, has returned to the United States for the first time since before the war to visit his sister, Louisa Bradley (Lucile Watson), and his niece, Isabel (Gene Tierney), engaged to be married to Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power), of whom Elliott strongly disapproves for rejecting both inclusion in their social stratum and working in the common world.
Of Human Bondage (1946)
, 1h45Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Edmund Gwenn, Patric Knowles, Janis Paige
Rating62%
Philip (Paul Henreid), an impoverished, clubfooted, failed artist, is attending medical school in London, using a trust set up for him by a wealthy uncle for tuition. When he initially meets Mildred (Eleanor Parker), she pays scant attention to him and he finds her common and crass, but his wounded pride spurs him to return to the restaurant where she works, hoping to spark her interest. He invites her to accompany him to the theatre and, because she has nothing else to do, Mildred accepts. Philip spends what little money he has on her before she breaks a date with him and an ugly argument ensues. When he discovers she apparently has run off to marry one of her regular customers, Miller (Richard Aherne), he initially is happy to be free from his emotional bondage to her.
Forever and a Day (1943)
, 1h44Directed by Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Herbert Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Kent Smith, George Kirby, Ruth Warrick, Merle Oberon, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner
Rating69%
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret (Kent Smith) is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble (Ruth Warrick), tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.