Edgar Selwyn
American actor, director, and producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1875 to 1944 · aged 68
Edgar Selwyn 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.
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Pierre of the PlainsFilm, Producer1941
Washington MelodramaFilm, Producer1940
DulcyFilm, Producer1935
Baby Face HarringtonFilm, Producer1934
ChainedFilm, Writer1933
Men Must FightFilm, Director1932
Skyscraper SoulsFilm, Director1930
War NurseFilm, Director1929
The Girl in the ShowFilm, Director, Writer1925
Night Life of New YorkFilm, Writer1924
The MirageFilm, Writer1918
Dodging a MillionFilm, Writer1916
Rolling StonesFilm, Writer1915
The Country BoyFilm, Writer1875Born20 October 1875People around Edgar
Edward Nugent Edgar produced Baby Face Harrington (1935)
Robert Montgomery Edgar directed War Nurse (1930)
Anita Page Edgar directed War Nurse and Skyscraper Souls
Ann Sothern Edgar produced Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Lewis Stone Edgar directed The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Robert Young Edgar directed The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Marie Prevost Edgar directed The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Lloyd Ingraham Edgar directed The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
S. Sylvan Simon Also in Dancing Co-Ed and The Kid From Texas
Jean Hersholt Edgar directed The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Otto Kruger Edgar directed Turn Back the Clock (1933)
George Barbier Edgar directed Turn Back the Clock (1933)
Billie Burke Edgar produced Dulcy (1940)
Dan Dailey Edgar produced Dulcy (1940)
Lee Bowman Edgar produced Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Leon Errol Edgar produced Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Ralph Byrd Edgar produced Dulcy (1940)
Cecil B. DeMille Directed The Arab (1915)
Robert Walker Edgar produced Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Monty Woolley Edgar produced Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
ZaSu Pitts Edgar directed War Nurse (1930)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The Arab (1915)
Mae Clarke Edgar directed Turn Back the Clock (1933)
Mary Field Edgar produced Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
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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.
