Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was an American actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway. A prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States. He transferred his talents from the stage to motion pictures, and directed a film for which Helen Hayes received the Academy Award for Best Actress. Selwyn co-founded Goldwyn Pictures in 1916.
EdgarSelwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was an American actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway. A prominent figure in American...
War Nurse is a 1930 American pre-Code war film directed by EdgarSelwyn and starring Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker and Robert Ames. During...
his brother EdgarSelwyn were partners. They were among the founders of Goldwyn Pictures, later to be merged into MGM. Archibald Selwyn was born in Canada...
1925. They had one son, Russell. Her second husband was film director EdgarSelwyn; they married in 1926, and he adopted her son. They divorced in 1938...
it was designed by George Keister and developed by brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, for whom the theater was originally named. The theater is owned...
of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by EdgarSelwyn and starring Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben...
an American actress. Her Broadway stage career began under producer EdgarSelwyn in The Mirage during 1920. She made her screen debut in 1931, and worked...
Lasky's Feature Play Company, and Broadway producer brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using an amalgamation of both last names to name the company...
Karl Ohlin Robert Z. Leonard 1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet Dr. Dulac EdgarSelwyn 1931 Private Lives Oscar Sidney Franklin 1932 Emma Mr. Frederick Smith...
and Selwyn Theaters are twin theatres located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. They were built by Sam H. Harris and Archie and Edgar Selwyn...
herself before she could hope to get anywhere in the theater. Hearing that EdgarSelwyn was casting his play The Country Boy for a road tour, she went to his...
Dalton made her movie debut in 1914 in Pierre of the Plains, co-starring EdgarSelwyn, followed by the lead role in Across the Pacific that same year. In 1915...
Henri de Cocheforet Alan Crosland 1933 Turn Back the Clock Ted Wright EdgarSelwyn Beauty for Sale Mr. Sherwood Richard Boleslawski Ever in My Heart Hugo...
Giraffe Turn Back the Clock (film), a 1933 comedy drama directed by EdgarSelwyn Turn Back the Clock (baseball), a Major League Baseball promotion Turn...
on the 1918 Broadway play, The Crowded Hour, by Channing Pollock and EdgarSelwyn. As described in a film magazine review, Peggy and her pal Matt Wilde...
in the Show is a 1929 American comedy film directed by EdgarSelwyn and written by EdgarSelwyn and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Bessie Love, Raymond...
original plays by Maxwell Anderson, Barry Conners, George Scarborough, and EdgarSelwyn. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Moore made her Broadway debut as Paulina...
Whale (uncredited) RFC pilots on the Western Front A 1930 US War Nurse EdgarSelwyn Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak...
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