Edward Buzzell(1895-1985)
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Edward Buzzell was born in Brooklyn, NY, and became a musical comedy star on
Broadway. He went to Hollywood in 1929 to star in the movie version (Little Johnny Jones (1929)) of
the oldGeorge M. Cohanstage show "Little Johnny Jones" in 1929. He
starred also in Vitaphone shorts, where he started his career as
director. Subsequently he directed shorts for Columbia Pictures before he
started directing features in 1933. Later he came to MGM, where he
made his best remembered films with the Marx Brothers (At the Circus (1939),Go West (1940)),Eleanor Powell(Ship Ahoy (1942),Honolulu (1939)) andEsther Williams(Neptune's Daughter (1949)).