| LC control no. | n 85185281 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3513.O867 |
| Personal name heading | Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959 |
| Birth date | 1891-03-20 |
| Death date | 1959-12-24 |
| Place of birth | Feltham (London, England) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Production and direction |
| Affiliation | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Dramatists Theatrical producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters |
| Found in | Grand hotel [MP] 1932: credits (director, Edmund Goulding) Halliwell's Filmgoer's comp., 1980 (Edmund Goulding; b. 1891; d. 1959; director) IMDb, October 2, 2017 (Edmund Goulding (1891-1959); born March 20, 1891 in Feltham, Middlesex, England; died December 24, 1959 in Los Angeles, California; Edmund Goulding was an actor/playwright/director on the London stage, and entered the British army when WWI broke out; mustered out of the service because of wounds suffered in battle, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1921; he obtained assignments as a screenwriter in Hollywood, wrote a novel, "Fury," in 1922 and directed the film version of it (Fury, 1923); hired as a screenwriter/director by MGM in 1925, Goulding quickly developed a reputation for turning out tasteful, cultured dramas and drawing-room comedies, the best example of this being Grand Hotel (1932); he was entrusted with the pictures of some of MGM's biggest stars, such as Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford; one of his best-known films was Nightmare Alley (1947); he directed 9 actors to Oscar nominations; Mary Astor and Anne Baxter won Oscars for their performances in Goulding's films) |
| Associated language | eng |
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