Edmund Goulding

Director

About

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

March 20, 1891

Died

December 24, 1959

Biography

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In the US from 1919. Although his films perhaps lack a distinctive stamp, he is noted for his deft handling of actors and is probably best remembered for the swank, star-studded "Grand Hotel" (1932). A favored directors of Hollywood's top female stars (he worked with, among others, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Joan Fontaine, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Ginger Rogers, and Dor...

Filmography

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Mardi Gras (1958)

Teenage Rebel (1956)

Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)

We're Not Married! (1952)

Mister 880 (1950)

Everybody Does It (1949)

Photos & Videos

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That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Day For The Ducks

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Of Course It Hurts

Family & Companions

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Marjorie Moss

Wife

Dancer. Died in 1935.

Biography

In the US from 1919. Although his films perhaps lack a distinctive stamp, he is noted for his deft handling of actors and is probably best remembered for the swank, star-studded "Grand Hotel" (1932). A favored directors of Hollywood's top female stars (he worked with, among others, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Joan Fontaine, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Ginger Rogers, and Dorothy McGuire) Goulding enjoyed a particularly fruitful association with Bette Davis, directing her in "That Certain Woman" (1937), "Dark Victory," "The Old Maid" (both 1939) and "The Great Lie" (1941).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Mardi Gras (1958)

Teenage Rebel (1956)

Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)

We're Not Married! (1952)

Mister 880 (1950)

Everybody Does It (1949)

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Fill-In Director

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Of Human Bondage (1946)

The Razor's Edge (1946)

The Constant Nymph (1943)

Forever and a Day (1943)

The Great Lie (1941)

'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Dark Victory (1939)

The Old Maid (1939)

We Are Not Alone (1939)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

White Banners (1938)

That Certain Woman (1937)

The Flame Within (1935)

Blondie of the Follies (1932)

Grand Hotel (1932)

The Night Angel (1931)

Reaching for the Moon (1931)

Galas de la Paramount (1930)

Paramount on Parade (1930)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Trespasser (1929)

Women Love Diamonds (1927)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)

Cast (Feature Film)

Paramount on Parade (1930)

Three Live Ghosts (1922)

Life of a London Shopgirl (1914)

Henry VIII (1911)

Writer (Feature Film)

Contract Writer

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Contr to Screenplay

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

That Certain Woman (1937)

The Flame Within (1935)

No Man of Her Own (1932)

La fiesta del diablo (1931)

Original story and Screenplay

The Night Angel (1931)

Reaching for the Moon (1931)

Sonntag des Lebens (1931)

Original story and Screenplay

La vacanza del diavolo (1931)

The Grand Parade (1930)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Trespasser (1929)

The Broadway Melody (1929)

The Trespasser (1929)

Happiness Ahead (1928)

Women Love Diamonds (1927)

The Fool (1925)

The Dancers (1925)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)

The Beautiful City (1925)

The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925)

The Man Who Came Back (1924)

Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)

Dante's Inferno (1924)

Dark Secrets (1923)

Bright Lights of Broadway (1923)

Jazzmania (1923)

The Bright Shawl (1923)

Tiger Rose (1923)

Jazzmania (1923)

Dark Secrets (1923)

Peacock Alley (1922)

The Seventh Day (1922)

Till We Meet Again (1922)

Fascination (1922)

Heroes of the Street (1922)

Broadway Rose (1922)

Broadway Rose (1922)

Fascination (1922)

Dangerous Toys (1921)

Tol'able David (1921)

The Devil (1921)

The Devil (1921)

The Man of Stone (1921)

The Dangerous Paradise (1920)

The Sin That Was His (1920)

A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920)

Madonnas and Men (1920)

The Perfect Lover (1919)

A Regular Girl (1919)

The Glorious Lady (1919)

Sealed Hearts (1919)

The Ordeal of Rosetta (1918)

The Silent Partner (1917)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Flame Within (1935)

The Grand Parade (1930)

Music (Feature Film)

Teenage Rebel (1956)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

The Razor's Edge (1946)

Dark Victory (1939)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Grand Parade (1930)

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Trespasser (1929)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Man Who Envied Women (1986)

Assistant Direction (Short)

Hollywood Party (1937)

Assistant Director

Cast (Short)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Writer (Short)

Hollywood Party (1937)

Writer (Uncredited)

Life Events

1903

London stage actor

1921

Screenwriter

1922

Novelist, "Fury"

1925

Joined MGM as director-screenwriter

Photo Collections

Grand Hotel - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken during production of MGM's all-star film, Grand Hotel (1932).

Videos

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Day For The Ducks Ian Hunter is lawyer Rogers, intervening to stop creepy reporter Whitaker (Hugh O’Connell) from printing a story about the personal history of his much valued secretary Mary (Bette Davis), when his friend, and her would-be boyfriend, Henry Fonda as playboy Jack, turns up, early in That Certain Woman, 1937.

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Of Course It Hurts Better than an hour into proceedings, the first appearance for third-billed Anita Louise as “Flip,” the gracious disabled society-girl wife of Jack (Henry Fonda, not seen) visiting Bette Davis as his first wife, their marriage annulled, who just told him about their son, in writer-director Edmund Goulding’s That Certain Woman, 1937.

Nightmare Alley (1947) -- (Movie Clip) My Scotch Blood Is Working Carnival boss Hoatley (James Flavin) receiving an affronted town marshal (James Burke), his new M-C and all purpose performer Stan (Tyrone Power), with an assist from Molly (Coleen Gray), laying down the charm to keep the show from being shut down, in Nightmare Alley, 1947.

Nightmare Alley (1947) -- (Movie Clip) The Lady's Silence Now a big hit in Chicago, using the fortune telling code trick they stole from their ex-friends at the carnival, Stan (Tyrone Power) and his wife-assistant Molly (Colleen Gray) at work, Helen Walker as unannounced psychologist Dr. Ritter in the audience, in Nightmare Alley, 1947.

Nightmare Alley (1947) -- (Movie Clip) They Look Plenty Weird The carnival crew splurging on a hotel stay, new man Stan (Tyrone Power) plotting with his lover, fortune teller Zeena (Joan Blondell), who’s still devoted to her alcoholic husband “Pete,” whom she plans to send to treatment, reading ominous tarot cards, in Nightmare Alley, 1947.

Nightmare Alley (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Is A Guy Born That Way? From the top, Edmund Goulding directing, from the William Lindsay Gresham novel, we learn Stan (Tyrone Power) is the new general duty man at the carnival, querying the boss (James Flavin), and supporting the enamored fortune teller Zeena (Joan Blondell), in Nightmare Alley, 1947.

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Was Trying To Make You Famous Writer-Director Edmund Goulding opens his remake of his 1929 Gloria Swanson picture, directing Bette Davis for the first time as Mary Donnell, Mary Phillips her friend, Norman Willis accompanying them on a secret errand, craven reporter Whitaker (Hugh O’Connell) spying, in That Certain Woman, 1937, co-starring Henry Fonda.

Great Lie, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Gay Lad, Really Recovering from the week-long party after their impulsive wedding at her Park Avenue spread, flier Pete (George Brent) gets past agent Mason (Grant Mitchell) and friend James (Thurston Hall) to tell pianist Sandra (Mary Astor) that they're not legally married, early in The Great Lie, 1941.

Great Lie, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) News About Your Friends Aviator Pete (George Brent) swoops into the Maryland home of long-time girlfriend Maggie (Bette Davis), intercepted by maid Violet (Hattie McDaniel), he alone knowing that his much-publicized hasty marriage to a famous pianist is not legal after all, early in The Great Lie, 1941.

Dawn Patrol, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Those Are The Orders Commander Brand (Basil Rathbone) interrupts his Royal Flying Corps unit, who party constantly to cope with stress, with chilling orders, top pilot Courtney (Errol Flynn) first defiant, then happy again with best pal Scotty (David Niven), in the 1938 version of the WWI drama, The Dawn Patrol.

Razor's Edge, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) She Asked For Her Husband Having left our hero Tyrone Power on his spiritual quest in India, back to Chicago where Gray (John Payne) is summoned to a hospital where, we learn, Sophie (Anne Baxter), injured in a car crash, doesn’t know her husband and child were killed, Isabel (Gene Tierney) appearing briefly, in The Razor’s Edge, 1946.

Razor's Edge, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Maugham Herbert Marshall narrating as author W. Somerset Maughan, a device from the novel, visiting Templeton (Clifton Webb), and meeting his sister (Lucile Watson), her daughter Isabel (Gene Tierney) and friend Sophie (Anne Baxter), much talk about the unseen principal, Larry (Tyrone Power), opening The Razor's Edge, 1946.

That Certain Woman - (Original Trailer) A gangster's widow (Bette Davis) fights for love despite society's disapproval in That Certain Woman (1937) co-starring Henry Fonda.

Constant Nymph, The - (Original Trailer) A composer (Charles Boyer) marries a rich woman rather than her young cousin (Joan Fontaine) who loves him in The Constant Nymph (1943).

Of Human Bondage (1946) - (Original Trailer) Paul Henreid is the medical student in love with Eleanor Parker's Cockney waitress in the second version of Of Human Bondage (1946).

Mister 880 - (Original Trailer) A beloved old man is secretly Mister 880, an amateurish counterfeiter in Mister 880 (1950) starring Burt Lancaster as the agent out to get him.

Nightmare Alley - (Textless Trailer) An ambitious carnival worker (Tyrone Power) attempts to scam his way out of the carnival in the brutal noir Nightmare Alley (1947).

White Banners - (Original Trailer graphics) A mysterious woman tries to help her son's foster family without revealing her true identity in White Banners (1938) starring Fay Bainter.

Grand Hotel - (Re-issue Trailer) Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache in Grand Hotel (1932) starring Greta Garbo.

Dawn Patrol, The (1938) - (Original Trailer) A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths in The Dawn Patrol (1938) starring Errol Flynn.

Dark Victory - (Original Trailer) Bette Davis stars in the ultimate weepie, Dark Victory (1939) as a flighty heiress who is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Great Lie, The -- (Original Trailer) Bette Davis, believing her husband to be dead, bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby in The Great Lie (1941).

Flame Within, The - (Original Trailer) Ann Harding is a psychiatrist who thinks she is remote from her patients' problems until she falls in love with one of them.

Two Girls On Broadway - (Original Trailer) Lana Turner and Joan Blondell star in Two Girls On Broadway (1940), a remake of the Oscar-winning Best Picture The Broadway Melody (1929).

Companions

Marjorie Moss

Wife

Dancer. Died in 1935.

Bibliography

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