FILM DIRECTOR

Edmund Goulding

1891 - 1959

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Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 1920s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray for films directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Goulding has received more than 174,130 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Goulding is the 809th most popular film director (down from 769th in 2019), the 2,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,721st in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edmund Gouldings by language

Over the past year Edmund Goulding has had the most page views in the with 20,761 views, followed by Italian (3,017), and Spanish (2,652). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (90.87%), Basque (87.65%), and Hungarian (31.20%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edmund Goulding ranks 809 out of 2,041. Before him are Pierre Schoendoerffer, Luis Trenker, Russell Mulcahy, Alain Cavalier, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Claude Miller. After him are Ulu Grosbard, Vladimir Gardin, Gulzar, Matthew Vaughn, Ari Folman, and Edgar Reitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Edmund Goulding ranks 169. Before him are Camille Mandrillon, David Sarnoff, Harold Jeffreys, Ferdinand Bruckner, Miguel Pro, and Carl Spaatz. After him are Karl Allmendinger, Harry Cohn, Joe E. Brown, George Marshall, Charles Journet, and Anatoly Pepelyayev. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Goulding ranks 115. Before him are Kathryn Adams, William J. Donovan, Albert Namatjira, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Heleno de Freitas, and Mutara III Rudahigwa. After him are Pierre Frieden, Charles Starkweather, Friedrich Waismann, Maxwell Anderson, Benjamin Christensen, and Franz Blücher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 2,826 out of 8,785. Before him are Hamilton Harty (1879), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Henry Daniell (1894), and Joe Fry (1915). After him are Ian Hart (1964), Tommy Flanagan (1965), Ernest Starling (1866), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Rebecca Clarke (1886), and Mary Dyer (1611).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 60. Before him are James Whale (1889), Stephen Daldry (1960), Terence Fisher (1904), Laura Mulvey (1941), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), and Sally Potter (1949). After him are Matthew Vaughn (1971), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), Steven Knight (1959), Charles Crichton (1910), and Michael Winner (1935).

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Filmography

A Night at the Opera
Director
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Nov 15o 19357.447 / 10
Grand Hotel
Director
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
May 25o 19327 / 10
Nightmare Alley
Director
Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Oct 9o 19477.111 / 10