Direction: Edward Buzzell

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Edward Buzzell. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Go West

1940 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

7.4

7K votes

7.4

7K votes

At the Circus

1939 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

7.1

4K votes

7.1

4K votes

Virtue

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Carole Lombard · Pat O'Brien · Ward Bond · Shirley Grey

Synopsis A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver--who first meet when she stiffs him for the fare--but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder.

6.2

23 votes

6.2

23 votes

Song Of The Thin Man

1947 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Keenan Wynn · Dean Stockwell

Synopsis In the sixth and final Thin Man whodunit, Nick (William Powell) and Nora Charles (Myrna Loy) look into the mysterious killing of bandleader Tommy Drake (Phillip Reed). The police quickly hone in on the owner of a gambling ship, Phil...

6.2

133 votes

6.2

133 votes

Neptune's Daughter

1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Esther Williams · Red Skelton · Ricardo Montalban · Betty Garrett

Synopsis Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister...

5.4

103 votes

5.4

103 votes

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Lana Turner · Laraine Day · Susan Peters · Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Womens Army Corps.

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Married Bachelor

1941 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell · Norman Taurog

Cast Robert Young · Ruth Hussey · Felix Bressart · Lee Bowman

Synopsis Randolph Haven (Robert Young), an irresponsible sort, and his wife Norma (Ruth Hussey), have been married for seven years and still very much in love, although Norma is dissatisfied with their hand-to-mouth life style and gets a job as a...

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Transient Lady

1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Gene Raymond · Henry Hull · Frances Drake · June Clayworth

Synopsis A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.

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Honolulu

1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Eleanor Powell · Robert Young · George Burns · Gracie Allen

Synopsis Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identitiess for a...

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Best Foot Forward

1943 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Lucille Ball · William Gaxton · Virginia Weidler · Tommy Dix

Synopsis Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend...

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The Human Side

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Doris Kenyon · Charlotte Henry · Reginald Owen

Synopsis The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.

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Ain't Misbehavin'

1955 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Rory Calhoun · Piper Laurie · Jack Carson · Mamie Van Doren

Synopsis Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

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A Woman of Distinction

1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Rosalind Russell · Ray Milland · Edmund Gwenn · Janis Carter

Synopsis Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity,...

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The Luckiest Girl in the World

1936 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Jane Wyatt · Louis Hayward · Nat Pendleton · Eugene Pallette

Synopsis A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.

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Hollywood Speaks

1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Genevieve Tobin · Pat O'Brien · Lucien Prival · Rita La Roy

Synopsis The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about entertainment business. He writes of starlets abused by directors on the casting couch, and of mob involvement...

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Fast Company

1938 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Melvyn Douglas · Florence Rice · Claire Dodd · Shepperd Strudwick

Synopsis Joel Sloane is a rare book dealer and part time detective. He finds stolen or lost rare books for the insurance companies and gets a reward for their return. But this is a little different. Otto Brockler, a rare book...

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Emergency Wedding

1950 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Larry Parks · Barbara Hale · Willard Parker · Una Merkel

Synopsis A young millionaire, Peter J. Kirk, Jr., fails in all of his attempts to emulate his successful father. He meets and marries Dr. Helen Hunt, who refuses to give up her profession, which also makes Peter feel useless, while becoming...

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Child of Manhattan

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Nancy Carroll · John Boles · Buck Jones · Jessie Ralph

Synopsis Taxi dancer Madeleine McGonegle (Nancy Carroll) attracts the attention of millionaire Paul Vanderkill (John Boles), and when she becomes pregnant, they get married to avoid a scandal. When the baby dies at birth, Madeleine runs away to Mexico, to give...

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