Edward Buzzell
- Born
- November 13, 1900
- Died
- January 11, 1985 (84 years old)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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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Known for
Filmography
- 1961Mary Had a Little...Film · Director

- 1955Ain't Misbehavin'Film · Director, Screenplay

- 1953Confidentially ConnieFilm · Director

- 1950Emergency WeddingFilm · Director

- 1950A Woman of DistinctionFilm · Director

- 1949Neptune's DaughterFilm · Director★ 6.1

- 1947Song of the Thin ManFilm · Director★ 6.7

- 1946Three Wise FoolsFilm · Director

- 1946Easy to WedFilm · Director

- 1945Keep Your Powder DryFilm · Director

- 1943Best Foot ForwardFilm · Director

- 1943The Youngest ProfessionFilm · Director

- 1942The Omaha TrailFilm · Director

- 1942Ship AhoyFilm · Director

- 1941Married BachelorFilm · Director

- 1941The Get-AwayFilm · Director

- 1940Go WestFilm · Director★ 6.6

- 1939At the CircusFilm · Director★ 6.4

- 1939HonoluluFilm · Director

- 1938Fast CompanyFilm · Director

- 1938Paradise for ThreeFilm · Director

- 1937As Good as MarriedFilm · Director

- 1936The Luckiest Girl in the WorldFilm · Director

- 1936Three Married MenFilm · Director

- 1935The Girl FriendFilm · Director

- 1935Transient LadyFilm · Director, Screenplay

- 1934The Human SideFilm · Writer, Director

- 1934Cross Country CruiseFilm · Director

- 1933Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!Film · Director, Writer

- 1933Ann Carver's ProfessionFilm · Director

- 1933Child of ManhattanFilm · Director

- 1932VirtueFilm · Director

- 1932Hollywood SpeaksFilm · Director

- 1932The Big TimerFilm · Director

- 1931Ten Cents a DanceFilm · Co-Director

- 1929Little Johnny JonesFilm · Writer
