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Edmund Goulding

Edmund Goulding

Writer and director, also producer and composer · Died December 24, 1959, aged 68 · Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British film writer and director. Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas and such as Grand Hotel (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis, and The Razor's Edge (1946) with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power. He also directed the classic film noir Nightmare Alley (1947) with Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and the action drama The Dawn Patrol. He was also a successful songwriter, composer, and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmund Goulding, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 20, 1891
Died
December 24, 1959 (aged 68)
From
Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK
Works as
Writer and director, also producer and composer
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are Edmund Goulding's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Musical2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Musical movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Morality
19%
Self
14%
Society
12%
Power
6%
Survival
4%
Romantic love17 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 15 · Serious 6 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
17
Romantic
15
Bittersweet
12
Tense
10
Joyful
7
Other
22

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Edmund Goulding's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Edmund Goulding'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

87 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mardi Gras(1958)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Teenage Rebel(1956)

    Director · Songs · Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Down Among the Sheltering Palms(1952)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • We're Not Married!(1952)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mister 880(1950)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Everybody Does It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Nightmare Alley(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Razor's Edge(1946)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Of Human Bondage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Flight from Folly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Story

  • Claudia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The Constant Nymph(1943)

    Director · as Himself, Trailer Host & Narrator

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Forever and a Day(1943)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Old Acquaintance(1943)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Great Lie(1941)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • 'Til We Meet Again(1940)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Two Girls on Broadway(1940)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • We Are Not Alone(1939)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Old Maid(1939)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Dark Victory(1939)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Breakdowns of 1938 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Goulding (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • The Dawn Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • White Banners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • That Certain Woman(1937)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Flame Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • A Night at the Opera(1935)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Party(1934)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Riptide(1934)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • No Man of Her Own(1932)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Story

  • Grand Hotel(1932)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Blondie of the Follies(1932)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Night Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Writer

  • A woman's tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • La fiesta del diablo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Story

  • Sunday of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Reaching for the Moon(1930)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Hell's Angels(1930)

    Co-Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Holiday(1930)

    Director · Composer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Paramount on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director · as Edmund Goulding (uncredited)

  • The Grand Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Writer

  • The Trespasser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Broadway Melody(1929)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Lady of Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Happiness Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • A Certain Young Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Love(1927)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Women Love Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director · Story

  • Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director · Writer

  • Dancing Mothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Original Story

  • Sally, Irene and Mary(1925)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Fool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Beautiful City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Story

  • Havoc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Sun-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director · Adaptation

  • The Dancers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Gerald Cranston's Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • Dante's Inferno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Screenplay

  • The Man Who Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Screenplay

  • Tiger Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • Bright Lights of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • The Bright Shawl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • Jazzmania(1923)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dark Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Screenplay

  • Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Heroes of the Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • Till We Meet Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • Broadway Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Fascination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Seventh Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • Peacock Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Writer

  • Three Live Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Jimmy Gubbins

  • Tol'able David (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • A Man of Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Writer

  • The Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Screenplay

  • The Sin That Was His (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Dangerous Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • Madonnas and Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • A Daughter of Two Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer

  • Sealed Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • A Regular Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Glorious Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Story

  • The Perfect Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Imp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Writer

  • The Ordeal of Rosetta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Story

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 84 titles from 1916 to 1958.

Biggest box office

A Night at the Opera (1935)

$10K worldwide

Highest rated

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Midcredits 95th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 84: 3 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting37 of 84: 23 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thWriting55 of 84: 44 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thProducing3 of 84: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleMusic1 of 84: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 84: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

84 titles, 14 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1910s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew1920s38 · 1 acting · 37 crew1930s23 · 2 acting · 22 crew1940s11 · crew1950s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Edmund Goulding's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director, writer

Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)

92nd percentile spread · 56% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Edmund Goulding's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles11–21 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Edmund Goulding work with?

People who share at least 2 of Edmund Goulding's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hal B. Wallis shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles