Direction: Edward Sedgwick

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


The Cameraman

1928 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick · Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Marceline Day · Harry Gribbon · Harold Goodwin

Synopsis Luke Shannon (Buster Keaton), is a bumbling photographer who, in order to win the favor of a beautiful woman, takes a job as a newsreel cameraman. Hilarity ensues as he stumbles through a parade, a Chinese Tong war, a yacht...

7.9

3K votes

7.9

3K votes

Air Raid Wardens

1943 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Edgar Kennedy · Jacqueline White

Synopsis Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

6.7

43 votes

6.7

43 votes

Spite Marriage

1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick · Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Dorothy Sebastian · Edward Earle · Leila Hyams

Synopsis Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances, he dons someone else's tuxedo and races to the theatre. When Trilby's co-star boyfriend gets engaged to a socialite,...

6.6

225 votes

6.6

225 votes

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Charlotte Greenwood · Reginald Denny · Cliff Edwards

Synopsis Jeff wants to get married to Virginia, but Virginia won't marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica gets married off first. Jeff pretends that a shy, never-married nobody he has just met is really a great lover, in order to...

5.6

60 votes

5.6

60 votes

Doughboys

1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Sally Eilers · Cliff Edwards · Edward Brophy

Synopsis Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's...

5.5

40 votes

5.5

40 votes

Speak Easily

1932 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

5.2

102 votes

5.2

102 votes

What! No Beer?

1933 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Jimmy Durante · Roscoe Ates · Phyllis Barry

Synopsis Although he has never met her, Elmer Butts loves Hortense secretly and from afar. He dreams of making a million dollars so he can buy her a Rolls automobile and marry her. With prohibition apparently on the verge of ending,...

5.0

28 votes

5.0

28 votes

The Big Shot

1931 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy · Edward Sedgwick

Cast Eddie Quillan · Maureen O'Sullivan · Mary Nolan · Roscoe Ates

Synopsis A rash go-getter is duped by would-be swindlers into buying swamp land which turns out to be worth a fortune.

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Lorraine of the Lions

1925 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Norman Kerry · Patsy Ruth Miller · Fred Humes · Doreen Turner

Synopsis A ship carrying a touring circus troupe sinks at sea, and Lorraine, a young girl, is washed up on a deserted island. Her only companion is a gorilla from the circus, Bimi, who raises her as its own. Several years...

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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Cecilia Parker · Nat Pendleton · Harry Carey

Synopsis Racing car enthusiast Jerry O'Connor and his dim-witted mechanic, Buddy Buttle, get their chance to join the crew of race car builder Pinky Delano, who just suffered a setback when one of his drivers was killed by failing to make...

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The Passionate Plumber

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Jimmy Durante · Irene Purcell · Polly Moran

Synopsis Elmer Tuttle, a plumber in Paris, is enlisted by beautiful Patricia Alden to help her make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. Tony, however, is two-timing Patricia with Nina Estrados. Elmer, with the help of his friend Julius, hopes to use...

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Maker of Men

1931 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Jack Holt · Richard Cromwell · Joan Marsh · Natalie Moorhead

Synopsis Bob plays football badly so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy and his school reject him. He joins a rival college team and aims to defeat his dad's team.

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Pick a Star

1937 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Patsy Kelly · Jack Haley · Rosina Lawrence · Mischa Auer

Synopsis A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

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Estrellados

1930 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Salvador de Alberich · Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Raquel Torres · Don Alvarado · María Calvo

Synopsis Elvira de Rosas has won a beauty contest in her home town of Rioseco, Kansas. Her prize is a trip to Hollywood, accompanied by her formidable mother and the timid Canuto Cuadratín who is acting as her business manager. On...

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Murder in the Fleet

1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Robert Taylor · Jean Parker · Ted Healy · Una Merkel

Synopsis Captain John Winslow (Arthur Byron) is notified by the Secretary of the Navy that his cruiser will be receiving a new firing control gear manufactured by World Electric company, which is supposed to revolutionize naval warfare. The gear vanishes and...

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The Flaming Frontier

1926 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Hoot Gibson · Anne Cornwall · Dustin Farnum · Ward Crane

Synopsis Bob Langdon, a young Pony Express rider, is given an appointment to West Point, but is forced to leave the academy as the result of political intrigue stirred up by enemies of his friend, General George A. Custer. Bob returns...

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Death on the Diamond

1934 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Robert Young · Madge Evans · Nat Pendleton · Ted Healy

Synopsis Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to...

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