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Alfred J. Goulding is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Co-Director Australien born on 25 january 1885 at Melbourne (Australie)

Alfred J. Goulding

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Birth name Alfred John Goulding
Nationality Australie
Birth 25 january 1885 at Melbourne (Australie)
Death 25 april 1972 (at 87 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Alfred John "Alf" Goulding (26 January 1896 – 25 April 1972) was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959.

He was the youngest brother of the celebrated opera singer Elsa Goulding. He was no relation to Edmund Goulding.

He died in Hollywood, California from pneumonia.

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Filmography of Alfred J. Goulding (57 films)

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Actor

A Yank in Australia, 1h5
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Genres Drama
Actors Hartney Arthur, Alfred J. Goulding, Joy Nichols
Roles a Japanese spy
Rating59% 2.9861652.9861652.9861652.9861652.986165
Two journalists in New York, American Headlines Haggerty (Al Thomas) and Englishman Clarence Worthington (Hartney Arthur) are sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They get marooned on the Australian coast along with two rival female reporters after a Japanese sub sinks their boat. They are rescued by a girl who lives on the island with her father, Horace. Together they all uncover and stop a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.
The Lady
The Lady (1925)
, 1h15
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Talmadge, Wallace MacDonald, Brandon Hurst, Emily Fitzroy, Alfred J. Goulding, George Hackathorne
Roles Tom Robinson (as Alf Goulding)
Rating63% 3.183063.183063.183063.183063.18306
A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then die, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leave him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.

Director

Utopia
Utopia (1951)
, 1h33
Directed by Léo Joannon, Alfred J. Goulding, Tim Whelan, John Berry
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Suzet Maïs, Paul Frees, Vittorio Caprioli
Rating55% 2.7534452.7534452.7534452.7534452.753445
Stan learns that he is to receive an inheritance left by a wealthy uncle. Unfortunately, most of the inheritance is consumed by taxes and legal fees, and he is left with only a rickety but fully provisioned yacht and a private island in the Pacific Ocean. Stan and Ollie leave for the island, accompanied by Antoine, stateless refugee (Max Elloy) and Giovanni Copini, a stowaway (a malcontent Italian bricklayer) (Adriano Rimoldi).
The Adventures of Jane, 1h
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Colin, Peter Butterworth, Wally Patch, Sebastian Cabot
Rating44% 2.2426752.2426752.2426752.2426752.242675
On the last night of her act at the Gaiety Theatre, Jane meets Snade, her supposed fan. He gives her a diamond bracelet, saying it is a "token of his appreciation." Jane, unsuspecting, gladly accepts his gift. Later that evening, she is visited by Tom, an old friend. She tells him that she is judging a beauty contest at the Tudor Close Hotel in Brighton. He agrees to meet her at the train station.
Dick Barton: Special Agent, 1h10
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Don Stannard, Colin Douglas, Eddie Powell
Rating40% 2.020712.020712.020712.020712.02071
Dick Barton (Don Stannard) and his friends Snowey and Jack are investigating smuggling when attempts are made on his life. It turns out there is a neo-Nazi plot to contaminate Great Britain's water supply...
A Yank in Australia, 1h5
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Genres Drama
Actors Hartney Arthur, Alfred J. Goulding, Joy Nichols
Rating59% 2.9861652.9861652.9861652.9861652.986165
Two journalists in New York, American Headlines Haggerty (Al Thomas) and Englishman Clarence Worthington (Hartney Arthur) are sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They get marooned on the Australian coast along with two rival female reporters after a Japanese sub sinks their boat. They are rescued by a girl who lives on the island with her father, Horace. Together they all uncover and stop a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.
A Chump at Oxford, 1h3
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding, Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, James Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Forrester Harvey
Rating71% 3.5941053.5941053.5941053.5941053.594105
Stan and Ollie are down to their last six bucks and call a lift to a job agency to find work. A City Water Dept. truck driver offers them a lift and drenches them with water as a joke and leaves them behind. They finally arrive in a badly damaged car that has been towed away. At the job agency a call comes from Mrs. Vandeveer looking for a maid and butler to help at a dinner party she is holding that night. Ollie tells the receptionist they can fill the post and to leave it to them. They arrive and Stan is dressed in drag, pretending to be the maid "Agnes".
Splinters in the Air, 1h11
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Ronald Ward

An inventor is mistaken for his twin brother, and is forced to take his brother's place in the Royal Air Force.
Everything Is Rhythm
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Dorothy Boyd, Clarissa Selwynne, Syd Crossley
Rating65% 3.2845153.2845153.2845153.2845153.284515
A member of a band playing at a luxurious hotel falls in love with a princess staying there.
Buzzin' Around, 20minutes
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John, Donald MacBride
Rating61% 3.09723.09723.09723.09723.0972
Cornelius (Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle) invents a liquid which makes objects unbreakable and resilient. Unfortunately he grabs the wrong jar when heading out to demonstrate his invention. One mishap follows another in this slapstick comedy.
How've You Bean?, 18minutes
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Dora Mills Adams
Rating71% 3.595813.595813.595813.595813.59581