Edmund Goulding started out as a child actor on the turn-of-the-century London stage. By the time he marched off to serve in World War I, he was enjoying a modestly successful career as an actor, writer and director. Invalided out of service, Goulding made his New York stage bow in 1915, then returned to the British Army for the balance of the war. It was back to the U.S. in 1919 and a career as a professional writer; in 1925, he joined the directing/screenwriting pool at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (both Goulding's novel Fury and his play Dancing Mothers would be adapted for the screen, though curiously not at Metro). Specializing in luminescent, star-studded dramas at MGM, Goulding reached an early career peak with his helming of the Oscar-winning Grand Hotel (1932). From 1936 through 1946, Goulding worked almost exclusively at Warner Bros., where he was one of Bette Davis' most frequent directors--though, judging by their well-publicized on-set tiffs during the filming of Dark Victory (1939), The Old Maid (1939) and The Great Lie (1941), neither Goulding nor Davis were particular favorites of one another. Joan Blondell, who appeared in Goulding's Nightmare Alley (1947) at 20th Century-Fox, characterized the director as "that nut," noting how he would floridly act out each scene before the cameras turned (as contrast, Nightmare Alley star Tyrone Power liked Goulding and delivered one of his finest performances in this film). For one of his last directorial efforts, Teenage Rebel (1956), Edmund Goulding also penned the musical score.
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Mardi Gras
Director |
1958 | |||
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Teenage Rebel
Director, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Director |
1953 | |||
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We're Not Married
Director |
1952 | |||
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Mister 880
Director |
1950 | |||
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Everybody Does It
Director |
1949 | |||
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Nightmare Alley
Director |
1947 | |||
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Of Human Bondage
Director |
1946 | |||
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The Razor's Edge
Director |
1946 | |||
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Flight from Folly
Screen Story |
1945 | |||
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Claudia
Director |
1943 | |||
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Forever and a Day
Actor, Director, Producer |
1943 | |||
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The Constant Nymph
Director |
1943 | |||
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The Great Lie
Director |
1941 | |||
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'Til We Meet Again
Director |
1940 | |||
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Two Girls on Broadway
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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Dark Victory
Director, Songwriter |
1939 | |||
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The Old Maid
Director |
1939 | |||
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We Are Not Alone
Director |
1939 | |||
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The Dawn Patrol
Director |
1938 | |||
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White Banners
Director |
1938 | |||
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That Certain Woman
Director, Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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The Flame Within
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Hollywood Party
Director |
1934 | |||
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Rip Tide
Director, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Blondie of the Follies
Director, Songwriter |
1932 | |||
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Flesh
Screen Story |
1932 | |||
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Grand Hotel
Director |
1932 | |||
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No Man of Her Own
Screen Story |
1932 | |||
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La Vacanza Del Diavolo
Screen Story |
1931 | |||
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Reaching for the Moon
Director, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Sonntag Des Lebens [German Version]
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Night Angel
Director, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Paramount on Parade
Director |
1930 | |||
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The Devil's Holiday
Director, Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1930 | |||
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The Grand Parade
Producer, Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1930 | |||
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What a Widow!
Songwriter |
1930 | |||
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The Broadway Melody
Screen Story |
1929 | |||
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The Trespasser
Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1929 | |||
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A Lady of Chance
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Happiness Ahead
Screen Story |
1928 | |||
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Love
Director, Producer |
1927 | |||
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Women Love Diamonds
Director, Screen Story |
1927 | |||
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Dancing Mothers
Play Author |
1926 | |||
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Paris
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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Beautiful City
Screen Story |
1925 | |||
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Fool
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Havoc
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Sally, Irene and Mary
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Sun-Up
Director, Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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The Dancers
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Dante's Inferno
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Gerald Cranston's Lady
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Man Who Came Back
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Bright Lights of Broadway
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Bright Shawl
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Dark Secrets
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Fury
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Jazzmania
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Tiger Rose
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Broadway Rose
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Fascination
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Heroes of the Street
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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The Seventh Day
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Three Live Ghosts
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Till We Meet Again
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Devil
Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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Peacock Alley
Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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Tol'able David
Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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The Sin That Was His
Screenwriter |
1920 | |||
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The Perfect Lover
Screenwriter |
1919 |




