Edward Buzzell
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 13, 1900
- Died
- January 11, 1985
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Buzzell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Mary Had a Little... 1961
Director
Ain't Misbehavin' 1955
Director, Screenplay
Confidentially Connie 1953
Director
Emergency Wedding 1950
Director
A Woman of Distinction 1950
Director
Neptune's Daughter 1949
Director
Song of the Thin Man 1947
Director
Three Wise Fools 1946
Director
Easy to Wed 1946
Director
Keep Your Powder Dry 1945
Director
Best Foot Forward 1943
Director
The Youngest Profession 1943
Director
The Omaha Trail 1942
Director
Ship Ahoy 1942
Director
Married Bachelor 1941
Director
The Get-Away 1941
Director
Go West 1940
Director
At the Circus 1939
Director
Honolulu 1939
Director
Fast Company 1938
Director
Paradise for Three 1938
Director
As Good as Married 1937
Director
The Luckiest Girl in the World 1936
Director
Three Married Men 1936
Director
The Girl Friend 1935
Director
Transient Lady 1935
Director, Screenplay
The Human Side 1934
Writer, Director
Cross Country Cruise 1934
Director
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! 1933
Director, Writer
Ann Carver's Profession 1933
Director
Child of Manhattan 1933
Director
Virtue 1932
Director
Hollywood Speaks 1932
Director
The Big Timer 1932
Director
Ten Cents a Dance 1931
Co-Director
The Devil's Cabaret 1930
as Howie Burns
- The Royal Four-Flusher
The Royal Four-Flusher 1930
Actor
Little Johnny Jones 1929
as Johnny Jones, Writer
Midnight Life 1928
as Eddie Delaney
Credits from TMDB.