Edmund Goulding

1891-1959

Biography: life and films

Edmund Goulding was an English actor. He was born in Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK on 20th March 1891 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 24th December 1959, aged 68.

His best films as a screenwriter include Henry King's Tol'able David (1921), John S. Robertson's The Bright Shawl (1923), Emmett J. Flynn's The Dancers (1925), Erich von Stroheim's Queen Kelly (1929) and The Trespasser (1929), and whose best work as a film director include Queen Kelly (1929), Grand Hotel (1932), A Night at the Opera (1935), Dark Victory (1939) and Nightmare Alley (1947).

Edmund Goulding scripted 62 films, directed 41 films, appeared in 4 films and supplied the music for 2 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Robert Z. Leonard (5 films), James Young (3), Henry King (3), Emmett J. Flynn (3), Ralph Ince (2), Hobart Henley (2) and Dorothy Arzner (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (65 films), romance (13), comedy (12), comedy-romance (7), comedy-drama (5), history (3) and War (2).

Our average rating for Edmund Goulding over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor; m = musician

The Quest of Life (1916) [w]

The Silent Partner (1917) [w]

The Ordeal of Rosetta (1918) [w]

A Regular Girl (1919) [w]

Sealed Hearts (1919) [w]

The Glorious Lady (1919) [w]

The Imp (1919) [w]

The Perfect Lover (1919) [w]

A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920) [w]

Madonnas and Men (1920) [w]

The Dangerous Paradise (1920) [w]

The Sin That Was His (1920) [w]

A Man of Stone (1921) [w]

Dangerous Toys (1921) [w]

The Devil (1921) [w]

Tol'able David (1921) [w]

Broadway Rose (1922) [w]

Fascination (1922) [w]

Heroes of the Street (1922) [w]

Peacock Alley (1922) [w]

The Seventh Day (1922) [w]

Three Live Ghosts (1922) [a]

Till We Meet Again (1922) [w]

Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) [w]

Dark Secrets (1923) [w]

Fury (1923) [w]

Jazzmania (1923) [w]

The Bright Shawl (1923) [w]

Tiger Rose (1923) [w]

Dante's Inferno (1924) [w]

Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924) [w]

The Man Who Came Back (1924) [w]

Havoc (1925) [w]

Sally, Irene and Mary (1925) [d,w]

Sun-Up (1925) [d,w]

The Beautiful City (1925) [w]

The Dancers (1925) [w]

The Fool (1925) [w]

The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925) [w]

Dancing Mothers (1926) [w]

Paris (1926) [d,w]

Love (1927) [d]

Women Love Diamonds (1927) [d,w]

A Certain Young Man (1928) [d]

A Lady of Chance (1928) [w]

Happiness Ahead (1928) [w]

Queen Kelly (1929) [d,w]

The Broadway Melody (1929) [w]

The Trespasser (1929) [d,w]

Galas de la Paramount (1930) [d]

Hell's Angels (1930) [d]

Paramount on Parade (1930) [d]

Reaching for the Moon (1930) [d,w]

The Devil's Holiday (1930) [d,w,m]

En kvinnas morgondag (1931) [w]

Les Vacances du diable (1931) [w]

Night Angel (1931) [d,w,m]

Blondie of the Follies (1932) [a,d]

Flesh (1932) [w]

Grand Hotel (1932) [a,d]

No Man of Her Own (1932) [w]

Hollywood Party (1934) [d]

Riptide (1934) [d,w]

A Night at the Opera (1935) [d]

The Flame Within (1935) [d,w]

That Certain Woman (1937) [d,w]

The Dawn Patrol (1938) [d]

White Banners (1938) [d]

Dark Victory (1939) [d]

The Old Maid (1939) [d]

We Are Not Alone (1939) [d]

'Til We Meet Again (1940) [d]

Two Girls on Broadway (1940) [w]

The Great Lie (1941) [d]

Claudia (1943) [d]

Forever and a Day (1943) [d]

Old Acquaintance (1943) [w]

The Constant Nymph (1943) [a,d]

Flight from Folly (1945) [w]

Of Human Bondage (1946) [d]

The Razor's Edge (1946) [d]

Nightmare Alley (1947) [d]

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) [d]

Everybody Does It (1949) [d]

Mister 880 (1950) [d]

We're Not Married! (1952) [d]

Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953) [d]

Teenage Rebel (1956) [d,w]

Mardi Gras (1958) [d]



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