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Edmund Goulding (born March 20, 1891, Feltham, Middlesex, England—died December 24, 1959, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a British-born American director and screenwriter who first gained notice for films aimed at a female audience but proved adept at a wide range of genres.
Who was Edmund Goulding? Edmund Goulding was a preternaturally creative man, blessed and cursed with a rare mix of humor, warmth, compassion, and exceptional talent. But he was equally cruel, depressive, distractible, and insecure. These qualities of his run throughout the book, and it was a challenge to capture his elusive soul.
Born in London at the end of the Victorian era, Edmund Goulding was one of the most extraordinarily creative men of Golden Age Hollywood. He began his career as an actor on London's West End, served in World War I, and, after emigrating to America, began a highly productive career as a screenwriter.
Edmund Goulding was a British screenwriter and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick.
May 27, 2021 · Born March 20, 1891 in Feltham, England, Edmund Goulding was the son of a butcher who objected to his son’s early acting and writing ambitions, wanting him to keep working in his butcher shop. It wasn’t until World War I, that he got his chance to escape his oppressive homelife by joining the Army.
Birthday: Mar 20, 1891. Birthplace: Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK. In the US from 1919. Although his films perhaps lack a distinctive stamp, he is noted for his deft handling of actors...
Dec 19, 2021 · The director was the British-born Edmund Goulding (“Grand Hotel”), whom Andrew Sarris, in his pioneering survey of Hollywood filmmakers, “The American Cinema,” placed in the “lightly...
