Edward Buzzell

Edward Buzzell

Deceased · Born: Nov 13, 1900 · Died: Jan 11, 1985

Personal Details

Born Nov 13, 1900 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
  • Marion E. Laskin Hirschhorn

    ( Dec 7, 1977 to May 9, 2024 )
  • Lorraine Miller

    ( Dec 10, 1949 to May 9, 2024 )
  • Sara L. Clark

    ( Aug 11, 1934 to May 9, 2024 )
  • Ona Munson

    ( Jul 16, 1926 to Jan 10, 1931 )

Biography

​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.

Career

1929
Little Johnny Jones
Little Johnny Jones as Johnny Jones
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1929
Little Johnny Jones
Little Johnny Jones as Writer
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1961
Mary Had a Little...
Mary Had a Little... as Director
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1955
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin' as Director, Screenplay
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1953
Confidentially Connie
Confidentially Connie as Director
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1950
Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding as Director
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A Woman of Distinction
A Woman of Distinction as Director
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1949
Neptune's Daughter
Neptune's Daughter as Director
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1947
Song of the Thin Man
Song of the Thin Man as Director
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1946
Easy to Wed
Easy to Wed as Director
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Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools as Director
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1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
Keep Your Powder Dry as Director
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1943
The Youngest Profession
The Youngest Profession as Director
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Best Foot Forward
Best Foot Forward as Director
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1942
The Omaha Trail
The Omaha Trail as Director
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Ship Ahoy
Ship Ahoy as Director
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1941
Married Bachelor
Married Bachelor as Director
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The Getaway
The Getaway as Director
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1940
Go West
Go West as Director
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1939
Honolulu
Honolulu as Director
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At the Circus
At the Circus as Director
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1938
Fast Company
Fast Company as Director
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1935
Transient Lady
Transient Lady as Director, Screenplay
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1934
Cross Country Cruise
Cross Country Cruise as Director
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1933
Ann Carver's Profession
Ann Carver's Profession as Director
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1932
Virtue
Virtue as Director
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