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Edmund Goulding
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Adaptation, Screen Story, Short Story Author, Songwriter Born: March 20, 1891 in London, England, UK Death: December 24, 1959 in Hollywood, CA Biography:Edmund Goulding started out as a child actor on the turn-of-the-century London stage. By the time he marched off to serve in World War I, he was enjoying a modestly successful career as an actor, writer and director. Invalided out of service, Goulding made his New York stage bow in 1915, then returned to the British Army for the balance of the war. It was back to the U.S. in 1919 and a career as a professional writer; in 1925, he joined the directing/screenwriting pool at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (both Goulding's novel "Fury" and his play "Dancing Mothers" would be adapted for the screen, though curiously not at Metro). Specializing in luminescent, star-studded dramas at MGM, Goulding reached an early career peak with his helming of the Oscar-winning "Grand Hotel" (1932). From 1936 through 1946, Goulding worked almost exclusively at Warner Bros., where he was one of Bette Davis' most frequent... Full Biography
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