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Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film 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.
Edmund Goulding. Director: Grand Hotel. London-born 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.
May 6, 2024 · 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.
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.
London-born 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.
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.
Nightmare Alley: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker. The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
