Writing

Edgar Selwyn

Born October 20, 1875 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died February 13, 1944 · aged 68

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was a prominent figure in American theater and film in the first half of the 20th Century. He co-founded Goldwyn Pictures in 1916. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Selwyn flourished in the Broadway theater as an actor, playwright, director, and producer from 1899 to 1942. With his brother Archibald Selwyn (Novembe…

Known For

Possessed

Possessed · 1931

MovieDramaRomance

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart · 1921

Dramatic adventure of the wildcat oil industry set amongst the derricks.

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love · 1931

Men Call It Love

MovieRomanceDrama

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones · 1916

MovieComedyDrama

Rolling Stones is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Dell Henderson.

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls · 1932

Skyscraper Souls

MovieDramaRomance

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.

Chained

Chained · 1934

MovieRomanceDrama

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sin of Madelon Claudet · 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.

Men Must Fight

Men Must Fight · 1933

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

Filmography

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Possessed

Possessed · 1931

MovieDramaRomance

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?

Theatre Play

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart · 1921

Dramatic adventure of the wildcat oil industry set amongst the derricks.

Story

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love · 1931

Men Call It Love

MovieRomanceDrama

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

Director

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones · 1916

MovieComedyDrama

Rolling Stones is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Dell Henderson.

Writer

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls · 1932

Skyscraper Souls

MovieDramaRomance

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.

Director

Chained

Chained · 1934

MovieRomanceDrama

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

Story

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sin of Madelon Claudet · 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.

Director

Men Must Fight

Men Must Fight · 1933

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

Director

Pierre of the Plains

Pierre of the Plains · 1942

Pierre of the Plains

MovieDramaAdventure

A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper.

Theatre Play

Washington Melodrama

Washington Melodrama · 1941

Washington Melodrama

An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.

Producer

Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite · 1939

MovieRomanceComedy

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.

Producer

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas · 1939

The Kid From Texas

MovieComedyRomance

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

Producer

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing · 1940

The Golden Fleecing

MovieCrimeComedy

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Producer

Turn Back the Clock

Turn Back the Clock · 1933

Turn Back the Clock

MovieComedyDrama

While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.

Screenplay

Dancing Mothers

Dancing Mothers · 1926

Dancing Mothers

An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home. The mother rebels against her lonesome life and attempts to prevent a man from pursuing her daughter.

Original Story

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse · 1919

For Better, for Worse

Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.

Theatre Play

War Nurse

War Nurse · 1930

Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.

Director

Baby Face Harrington

Baby Face Harrington · 1935

Baby Face Harrington

MovieComedyCrime

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2."

Producer

The Mystery of Mr. X

The Mystery of Mr. X · 1934

The Mystery of Mr. X

MovieCrimeMystery

A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.

Director

Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.

Producer

Dulcy

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

Producer

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President · 1939

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.

Producer

Nearly Married

Nearly Married · 1917

Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.

Theatre Play

The Country Boy

The Country Boy · 1915

The Country Boy

MovieComedyDrama

Tom, a young man in a small town, wants to marry his sweetheart Jane, but Jane's father won't allow it until Tom proves he can support her. Tom heads to New York City to make his fortune and prove to Jane's father that he has what it takes, but he meets and falls in love with Amy, a chorus girl who already has a wealthy suitor. Complications ensue.

Screenplay