Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1895 – January 11, 1985) was an American film actor and director whose credits include '' Child of Manhattan'' (1933); ''

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films '' At the Circus'' (1939) and '' Go West'' (1940); the musicals '' Best Foot Forward'' (1943), '' Song of the Thin Man'' (1947), and '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949); and '' Easy to Wed'' (1946). Born in Brooklyn, Buzzell appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway, and he was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's ''

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'' with Alice Day. Buzzell appeared in a few

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short ''The Devil's Cabaret'' (1930) as Satan's assistant. He wrote screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced the popular '' The Milton Berle Show'', which premiered on television in 1948. In 1926, Buzzell married actress Ona Munson, who later played Belle Watling in ''

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''. They divorced in 1931. He married socialite Sara Clark on August 11, 1934, but the marriage only lasted five weeks. He married actress Lorraine Miller on December 10, 1949. He died in Los Angeles in 1985 at the age of 89. Buzzell's brother, Samuel Jesse Buzzell, was a music patent attorney in New York City; his daughter (Edward's niece) Gloria Joyce Buzzell was married to Academy Award-winning film producer

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, and his son (Edward's nephew) Loring Buzzell was a music publisher and partner in the firm Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music, and was married to singer Lu Ann Simms. Digitized by William and Mary Libraries Special Collections Research Center.

Filmography

as Actor * '' Midnight Life'' (1928) * ''

'' (1929) * '' Hello Thar'' (short, 1930) * '' The Royal Four-Flusher'' (short, 1930) * '' The Devil's Cabaret'' (short, 1930) * '' The Lone Star Stranger'' (short, 1931) * '' Check and Rubber Check'' (short, 1931) * '' She Served Him Right'' (short, 1931) * '' The Youngest Profession'' (1943) as Director * '' The Lone Star Stranger'' (short, 1931) * '' Check and Rubber Check'' (short, 1931) * '' She Served Him Right'' (short, 1931) * ''

The Big Timer ''The Big Timer'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings and Thelma Todd.Scott p.42 Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is about a boxer whose succes ...

'' (1932) * '' Hollywood Speaks'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Ann Carver's Profession'' (1933) * ''

Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! ''Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. A group of stars rounds out the rest of the cast that includes Donald Meek, Lucille Gleason and Varree Teasdal ...

'' (1933) * '' Child of Manhattan'' (1933) * '' Cross Country Cruise'' (1934) * '' The Human Side'' (1934) * '' The Girl Friend'' (1935) * '' Transient Lady'' (1935) * '' The Luckiest Girl in the World'' (1936) * '' Three Married Men'' (1936) * '' As Good as Married'' (1937) * ''

Paradise for Three ''Paradise for Three'', titled ''Romance for Three'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as a wealthy industrialist who learns about his Austrian workers by surreptitiously living among them. It wa ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' At the Circus'' (1939) * ''

'' (1939) * '' Go West'' (1940) * '' The Get-Away'' (1941) * '' Married Bachelor'' (1941) * '' The Omaha Trail'' (1942) * '' Ship Ahoy'' (1942) * '' The Youngest Profession'' (1943) * '' Best Foot Forward'' (1943) * ''

Keep Your Powder Dry ''Keep Your Powder Dry'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Lana Turner, Susan Peters, and Laraine Day. Its plot follows three women who join the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The screenplay was writt ...

'' (1945) * '' Three Wise Fools'' (1946) * '' Easy to Wed'' (1946) * '' Song of the Thin Man'' (1947) * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) * ''

Emergency Wedding ''Emergency Wedding'' (titled ''Jealousy'' in the UK) is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Larry Parks, Barbara Hale and Willard Parker. It is a remake of '' You Belong to Me'', a film in which Parks appeared i ...

'' (1950) * '' A Woman of Distinction'' (1950) * '' Confidentially Connie'' (1953) * '' Ain't Misbehavin''' (1955) * '' Mary Had a Little...'' (1961)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buzzell, Edward 1895 births 1985 deaths Film directors from New York City Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery