Edward H. Griffith
Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975) (Also Known As: E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, E. H. Griffith) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 61 films from 1917 to 1946.
He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia Griffith was a newspaperman before entering the film business as an actor and writer for the Edison Company in 1915. After Edison folded in 1917, Griffith remained busy at most of the major studios throughout the silent era. On the whole, Edward Griffith's sound features are of more interest than his silents: and began his career in motion pictures as a screenwriter in 1916.[2]
He directed actress Madeleine Carroll in several films including Honeymoon in Bali (1939). Griffith died on March 3, 1975 at the age of 80.
Selected Filmography as director
- Barnaby Lee (1917)
- Babs (1920)
- Another Scandal (1924)
- Bad Company (1925)
- Love Over Night (1928)
- Holiday (1930)
- Beyond Victory (1931)
- The Animal Kingdom (1932)
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), also producer
- No More Ladies (1935), also producer
- Next Time We Love (1936)
- Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
- Virginia (1941)
- Bahama Passage (1941)
- One Night in Lisbon (1941)
- The Sky's the Limit (1943)
- Perilous Holiday (1946)