Edward H. Griffith
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Edward H. Griffith was an American
United States
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 motion picture director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, screenwriter and producer. He directed 61 films from 1917 to 1946. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...

 and began his career in motion pictures as a screenwriter in 1916, and advanced to the position of a director of two-reelers. He directed actress Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll
Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...

 in several films including Honeymoon in Bali
Honeymoon in Bali
Honeymoon in Bali is a 1939 American romantic comedy film. It is also known by the alternative title Husbands or Lovers and My Love For Yours.-Plot:...

(1939). Griffith died on March 3, 1975 at the age of 80.

Selected Filmography as director

  • Barnaby Lee (1917)
  • Black Beauty (1921)
  • The Animal Kingdom (1932)
  • Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), also producer
  • No More Ladies
    No More Ladies
    No More Ladies is a 1935 film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, and Franchot Tone, directed by Edward H. Griffith and George Cukor. It is based on a play by A.E. Thomas...

    (1935), also producer
  • Next Time We Love
    Next Time We Love
    Next Time We Love is a 1936 melodrama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Ray Milland. It was written by Melville Baker with Preston Sturges and Doris Anderson, who were both uncredited, based on Ursula Parrott's 1935 novel Next Time We Live, which...

    (1936)
  • Honeymoon in Bali
    Honeymoon in Bali
    Honeymoon in Bali is a 1939 American romantic comedy film. It is also known by the alternative title Husbands or Lovers and My Love For Yours.-Plot:...

    (1939)
  • The Sky's the Limit (1943)
  • Perilous Holiday (1946)
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