Edmund Burns

Acting

Edmund Burns

Born September 27, 1892 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died April 2, 1980 · aged 87

No biography available.

Known For

It Happened One NightIt Happened One Night · 1934
It Happened One Night
7.81934
MovieComedyRomance
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
The Birth of a NationThe Birth of a Nation · 1915
The Birth of a Nation
5.91915
MovieDramaHistory
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
CleopatraCleopatra · 1934
Cleopatra
6.11934
MovieHistoryDrama
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
JazzmaniaJazzmania · 1923
Jazzmania
10.01923
MovieDrama
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
Her HourHer Hour · 1917
Her Hour
9.01917
MovieDrama
Sea DevilsSea Devils · 1931
Sea Devils
8.01931
MovieAdventureCrime
An escaped convict stows away on a ship of mutinous treasure hunters to find the crooks who framed him for murder.
Call Her SavageCall Her Savage · 1932
Call Her Savage
5.81932
MovieDrama
A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the error of her ways.
Air MailAir Mail · 1932
Air Mail
5.51932
MovieAdventureDrama
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.

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Murder with PicturesMurder with Pictures · 1936
Murder with Pictures
5.41936
MovieCrimeMystery
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...

Reporter (uncredited)

Whom the Gods DestroyWhom the Gods Destroy · 1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
6.01934
MovieDrama
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.

Forrester Associate

Marriage for ConvenienceMarriage for Convenience · 1919
Marriage for Convenience
9.01919
MovieDrama
Barbara Rand is blinded when she leaps through a window to escape an assailant. Her sister, Natalie, reluctantly abandons her fiancé, Ned Gardiner, and marries Oliver Landis, who can provide the money needed for Barbara's operation. Unaware that Oliver was Barbara's attacker, Natalie blames his business partner, Howard Pollard, who was with Barbara on the night she was injured. Natalie holds Howard at gunpoint, but when her husband arrives, he promises to deal with the villain making sure Howard falls to his death. Upon Barbara’s release from the hospital, Oliver tries to blind her once. Natalie threatens him with a pistol, but Oliver wrests it away from her. He then realizes that he can no longer hide his guilt from Natalie or the police and shoots himself. Barbara has been avenged, and Natalie is free to marry Ned.

Ned Gardiner

The Ordeal of RosettaThe Ordeal of Rosetta · 1918
The Ordeal of Rosetta
1918
MovieDramaRomance
Twin sisters Rosetta and Lola Gelardi live happily with their aging father, Professor Gelardi, until their Sicilian village is destroyed by an earthquake. Unable to find Lola, the professor and Rosetta move to New York, where she obtains employment as a stenographer to author Aubrey Hapgood. Rosetta captivates Aubrey and his friends, but Mildred Sanders, who had hoped to win Aubrey for herself, tries to ruin Rosetta's reputation. On a drive with Aubrey, Rosetta relates her life story, whereupon Aubrey, claiming he loves her, takes her to an inn. Although he promises to marry her, she later reads of his engagement to Mildred. Rosetta shoots herself, after which Lola appears to avenge her death by causing the ruin of Aubrey's sister. Aubrey fires on Lola, but Rosetta awakens in his car and realizes that it was all a dream. While the chauffeur repairs the car, she and Aubrey walk into town to find a preacher.

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