Edgar Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn | |
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Los Angeles, California , US | |
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| Years active | 1899–1942 |
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Ruth Selwyn |
Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was an American actor,
Broadway. A prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States. He transferred his talents from the stage to motion pictures, and directed a film for which Helen Hayes received the Academy Award for Best Actress. Selwyn co-founded Goldwyn Pictures
in 1916.
Biography
Born in
Times Square theatres in New York City.[2]
Selwyn also worked in Hollywood,
Los Angeles, California
.
In April 1912 Selwyn and his wife, playwright
RMS Titanic but did not make the trip as he had a prior engagement to hear the reading of a new play in Paris. They had had plans to accompany Broadway producer Henry B. Harris and his wife Renee with whom they had been touring Europe and Algiers. Selwyn's commitment to hearing the play, while others tried to goad him to board the ship, more than likely saved his life.[3]
His second wife was actress Ruth Selwyn, a sister of director Fred M. Wilcox and sister-in-law of Nicholas Schenck.
Partial filmography
- Pierre of the Plains (1914) (actor, play)
- The Arab (1915) (actor, play)
- For Better, for Worse (1919) (play)
- The Mirage (1924) (play)
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) (director)
- Skyscraper Souls (1932) (director)
- Men Must Fight (1933) (director)
- Turn Back the Clock (1933) (director and co-writer)
- The Mystery of Mr. X (1934) (director)
References
- ^ Archibald Selwyn IMDb.com
- ^ The Julius Cahn-Gus Hill theatrical guide and moving picture directory, 1921
- ^ 10 People Who Did Not Board the Titanic from Listverse.com website
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edgar Selwyn.
- Edgar Selwyn at IMDb
- Edgar Selwyn at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Selwyns at the Internet Broadway Database
