The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
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Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was an American actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway. A prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States.
Edgar Selwyn died at the age of 68 at Los Angeles' Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on February 14, 1944, from a cerebral hemorrhage he had suffered the previous night. He was survived by his brother, Arch, two sisters, Mrs. Michael Isaacs and Mrs. S. M. Goldsmith, and his stepson, Russell "Rusty" Selwyn.
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Edgar Selwyn. Producer, Director and Writer of several stage plays including: Wedding Bells (1919), Something to Brag About (1925), Redemption (1928) and Strike Up the Band (1930). Selwyn also produced 7 films, directed 8 and wrote for 21 films.
EDGAR SELWYN, 68, PRODUCER, I5 DEAD; Leader of Stage and Films Had Been Star of Own Plays-Started as Usher Here
Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was a prominent figure in American theater and film in the first half of the 20th Century. He co-founded Goldwyn Pictures in 1916. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Selwyn flourished in the Broadway theater as an actor, playwright, director, and producer from 1899 to 1942.
He died in Los Angeles, California. In April 1912 Selwyn was one of several famous people who held tickets to New York on the Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Titanic but did not make the trip as he had a prior engagement to hear the reading of a new play. Harris perished while Rene survived.
Overview. Edgar Selwyn. (1875—1944) Quick Reference. (1875–1944), producer and actor. A theatrical jack‐of‐all‐trades, he was born in Cincinnati to a poor, peripatetic Jewish family whose last name apparently was Simon. He made his stage debut in ... From: Selwyn, Edgar in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre »
