Edward Buzzell
39 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Nov 13, 1900
- Died
- Jan 11, 1985 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Eddie Buzzell
Biography
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Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1900 - January 11, 1985) was an American film director whose credits for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer included Honolulu (1939), the Marx Brothers films At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940), the musicals Best Foot Forward (1943) with Lucille Ball and Neptune's Daughter (1949) with Esther Williams, and Easy to Wed, starring Van Johnson, Williams, and Ball.
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Buzzell was born in Brooklyn. He appeared on Broadway, and was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones with Alice Day. Buzzell appeared in a few Vitaphone shorts, and the two-strip Technicolor short The Devil's Cabaret (1930) as Satan's assistant. He wrote a few screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced The Milton Berle Show which premiered on television in 1948.
Buzzell married actress Ona Munson in 1927, and they divorced in the early 30s. He later married actress Lorraine Miller. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 84.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
Edward Buzzell: movies and TV shows
Acting (4)
- 1930 The Devil's Cabaret
as Howie Burns
- 1930
- 1929 Little Johnny Jones
as Johnny Jones
- 1928 Midnight Life
as Eddie Delaney
Behind the camera (36)
- 1961 Mary Had a Little...
Director
- 1955 Ain't Misbehavin'
Director, Screenplay
- 1953 Confidentially Connie
Director
- 1950 Emergency Wedding
Director
- 1950 A Woman of Distinction
Director
- 1949 Neptune's Daughter
Director
- 1947 Song of the Thin Man
Director
- 1946 Three Wise Fools
Director
- 1946 Easy to Wed
Director
- 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry
Director
- 1943 Best Foot Forward
Director
- 1943 The Youngest Profession
Director
- 1942 The Omaha Trail
Director
- 1942 Ship Ahoy
Director
- 1941 Married Bachelor
Director
- 1941 The Get-Away
Director
- 1940 Go West
Director
- 1939 At the Circus
Director
- 1939 Honolulu
Director
- 1938 Fast Company
Director
- 1938 Paradise for Three
Director
- 1937 As Good as Married
Director
- 1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
Director
- 1936 Three Married Men
Director
- 1935 The Girl Friend
Director
- 1935 Transient Lady
Director, Screenplay
- 1934 The Human Side
Director, Writer
- 1934 Cross Country Cruise
Director
- 1933 Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
Director, Writer
- 1933 Ann Carver's Profession
Director
- 1933 Child of Manhattan
Director
- 1932 Virtue
Director
- 1932 Hollywood Speaks
Director
- 1932 The Big Timer
Director
- 1931 Ten Cents a Dance
Co-Director
- 1929 Little Johnny Jones
Writer