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Edward Buzzell is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 13 november 1900 at New York City (USA)
Edward Buzzell (parfois crédité Eddie Buzzell) est un réalisateur, scénariste et acteur américain, né le 13 novembre 1895 à New York (État de New York), mort le 11 janvier 1985 à Los Angeles (Californie).
Au cinéma, il débute comme acteur en 1928 et comme scénariste en 1929, ces deux activités restant occasionnelles. Il est surtout réalisateur de 1931 à 1961, notamment de deux films avec les Marx Brothers, Un jour au cirque (1939) et Chercheurs d'or (1940).
De 1927 à 1937 (divorce), il est marié à l'actrice Ona Munson.
(1949)
(Director)
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Edward Buzzell
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 november 1900 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 january 1985 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 13 november 1900 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 january 1985 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Edward Buzzell naît dans l'arrondissement de Brooklyn à New York. Il se produit au théâtre à Broadway, comme acteur, entre 1920 et 1929, principalement dans des comédies musicales (il est également librettiste de la dernière d'entre elles).Au cinéma, il débute comme acteur en 1928 et comme scénariste en 1929, ces deux activités restant occasionnelles. Il est surtout réalisateur de 1931 à 1961, notamment de deux films avec les Marx Brothers, Un jour au cirque (1939) et Chercheurs d'or (1940).
De 1927 à 1937 (divorce), il est marié à l'actrice Ona Munson.
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Midnight Life (1928)
, 50minutesDirected by Scott R. Dunlap
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Francis X. Bushman, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Buzzell, Monte Carter
Roles Eddie Delaney
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Mary Had a Little... (1961)
Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Agnès Laurent, Agnès Laurent, Hazel Court, Jack Watling, John Bentley, Michael Ward
Rating49%
Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
, 1h22Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson, Mamie Van Doren, Reginald Gardiner, Barbara Britton
Rating58%
Une jeune fille entre dans la haute société quand un vieil homme riche tombe amoureux d'elle.
Confidentially Connie (1953)
, 1h14Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Marilyn Erskine
Rating57%
Connie Bedloe est amoureuse, mariée et enceinte. Tout irait bien si son obstétricien ne lui prescrivait un régime riche en viande. Or, les revenus du jeune ménage ne lui permettent pas de s'offrir un steak à tous les repas. Connie est pourtant saisie d'une telle envie de protéines animales qu'elle renonce à fumer pour pouvoir s'acheter une côtelette d'agneau. Joe, son mari, un jeune universitaire promis au plus brillant avenir et aux plus ternes rémunérations, accuse le coup. Sa femme ? Obligée d'arrêter de fumer ? De dépit, il accepte l'invitation de son père, un véritable tyran domestique mais aussi un riche éleveur texan...
Emergency Wedding (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed, Eduard Franz
Rating59%
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. He makes a fool of himself trying to prove her guilt, which causes his wife to leave. But then he puts up the money for a new hospital and she comes back to him.
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
, 1h25Directed by Edward Buzzell, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland
Rating65%
Susan Manning Middlecott is dean of a New England school called Benton College and it is her whole life, apart from living with dad Mark and raising an adopted daughter, Louisa.
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Ted de Corsia
Rating62%
Although she initially rejects an offer by Joe Backett to become his business partner at the Neptune swimming suit design company, aquatic ballet dancer Eve Barrett changes her mind when she considers the publicity potential of the job. One day, Joe learns that a South American polo team will be playing a big match in town, and he and Eve begin planning a swimming spectacle for the event. Eve tells her man-crazy sister and roommate Betty about the South American team, and Betty immediately seizes upon the idea of finding herself a date among the players. Meanwhile, Jose O'Rourke, the handsome playboy captain of the polo team, seeks relief for his injured arm from Jack Spratt, a bumbling masseur, who complains to Jose about his lack of success with women. During the massage, Jose gives Jack advice on how to attract women, stressing the importance of speaking to women in Spanish, which he calls the "language of love." Later, while looking for the famed South American team captain, Betty accidentally mistakes Jack for Jose. Jack does not reveal his identity to Betty and accepts her invitation to visit her at her house.
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
, 1h26Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Phillip Reed, Leon Ames
Rating68%
A charity benefit sponsored by David Thayer is staged aboard the S.S. Fortune, Phil Brant's gambling ship. The entertainment is provided by a jazz band led by Tommy Drake and featuring singer Fran Page and talented but unstable clarinetist Buddy Hollis.
Easy to Wed (1946)
, 1h46Directed by Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Ben Blue
Rating61%
Financier J.B. Allenbury (Cecil Kellaway) is determined to file a $2 million libel suit against The Morning Star when the newspaper prints a story claiming his daughter Connie (Esther Williams) was responsible for the breakup of a marriage. Anxious to save his paper from financial ruin, editor Curtis Farwood (Paul Harvey) enlists the help of business manager Warren Haggerty (Keenan Wynn), who postpones his marriage to Gladys Benton (Lucille Ball) in order to assist his employer.
Three Wise Fools (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about children, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Lionel Barrymore, Ray Collins, Lewis Stone, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Darwell
Rating64%
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
, 1h33Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Lana Turner, Susan Peters, Jess Barker, Laraine Day, June Lockhart, Agnes Moorehead
Rating63%
Best Foot Forward (1943)
, 1h34Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Chill Wills
Rating63%
The story centers around Lucille Ball who plays herself against the backdrop of a military academy full of frisky boys. Ball is the reluctant guest of a diminutive cadet, Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix), who wrote her a "mash note" and invitation to be his date at a school prom.
The Youngest Profession (1943)
Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Agnes Moorehead, Ann Ayars
Rating59%
The Omaha Trail (1942)
, 1h2Directed by Edward Buzzell, Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Craig, Pamela Blake, Dean Jagger, Donald Meek, Edward Ellis, Chill Wills
Rating54%
Ship Ahoy (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien, Tommy Dorsey, Baldwin Cooke
Rating63%
Tallulah Winters is a dancing star who is hired to perform on an ocean liner. Before she leaves, she is recruited by what she believes is a branch of the American government and asked to smuggle a prototype explosive mine out of the country. In fact, she is unknowingly working for Nazi agents who have stolen the mine. Meanwhile, Merton Kibble (Red Skelton), a writer of pulp fiction adventure stories but suffering from severe writer's block, is on the same ship and soon he finds himself embroiled in Tallulah's real-life adventure. Also appearing in the film were Bert Lahr, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, and Virginia O'Brien.