Edward Buzzell

Director and writer · Died January 11, 1985, aged 84 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1900 - January 11, 1985) was an American film director whose credits for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer included Honolulu (1939), the Marx Brothers films At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940), the musicals Best Foot Forward (1943) with Lucille Ball and Neptune's Daughter (1949) with Esther Williams, and Easy to Wed, starring Van Johnson, Williams, and Ball. Buzzell was born in Brooklyn. He appeared on Broadway, and was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones with Alice Day. Buzzell appeared in a few Vitaphone shorts, and the two-strip Technicolor short The Devil's Cabaret (1930) as Satan's assistant. He wrote a few screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced The Milton Berle Show which premiered on television in 1948. Buzzell married actress Ona Munson in 1927, and they divorced in the early 30s. He later married actress Lorraine Miller. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 84. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Buzzell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: November 13, 1900
Died: January 11, 1985 (aged 84)
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Works as: Director and writer
Titles: 16 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

Where can I watch Edward Buzzell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

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Subscription and free streaming for Edward Buzzell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

39 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

Mary Had a Little...(1961)
Director
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Ain't Misbehavin'(1955)
Director · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Confidentially Connie(1953)
Director
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Emergency Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Director
A Woman of Distinction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Director
Neptune's Daughter(1949)
Director
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Song of the Thin Man(1947)
Director
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Three Wise Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
Director
Easy to Wed(1946)
Director
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Keep Your Powder Dry(1945)
Director
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Best Foot Forward(1943)
Director
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Youngest Profession(1943)
Director
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Omaha Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Director
Ship Ahoy(1942)
Director
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Married Bachelor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Director
The Get-Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Director
Go West(1940)
Director
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
At the Circus(1939)
Director
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Honolulu(1939)
Director
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Fast Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Director
Paradise for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Director
As Good as Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Director
The Luckiest Girl in the World(1936)
Director
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Three Married Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Director
The Girl Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Director
Transient Lady(1935)
Director · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Human Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Director · Writer
Cross Country Cruise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Director
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Director · Writer
Ann Carver's Profession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Director
Child of Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Director
Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Director
Hollywood Speaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Director
The Big Timer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Director
Ten Cents a Dance(1931)
Co-Director
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Devil's Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
as Howie Burns
The Royal Four-Flusher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Actor
Little Johnny Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Writer · as Johnny Jones
Midnight Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
as Eddie Delaney

Career shape

Highest rated

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Midcredits 76^th