Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975)Finding Aid for the Edward H. Griffith Papers, ca. 1910-1958
Online Archive of California (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography

Born in 1888 in

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, Griffith directed 61 films from 1917 to 1946. In 1917 he directed''In Love's Laboratory'', a short for

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division about a man inventing safety matches and finding his relationship match. He directed actress

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in several films including ''

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'' (1939). Griffith died on March 3, 1975, at the age of 86.

Filmography

Director

* ''

The Law of the North ''The Law of the North'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat, and written by Ella Stuart Carson, John Lynch, and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Charles Ray, Doris May, Robert McKim, Gloria Hope, Charles K. French, an ...

'' (1917) * ''

Billy and the Big Stick ''Billy and the Big Stick'' is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Raymond McKee, Yona Landowska and William Wadsworth.Connelly p.322 Cast * Raymond McKee as Billy Barlow * Yona Landowska as Cl ...

'' (1917) * '' Barnaby Lee'' (1917) * ''

The Awakening of Ruth ''The Awakening of Ruth'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Shirley Mason, George J. Forth and Donald Hall.Matheson p.207 Cast * Shirley Mason as Ruth Hoagland * George J. Forth as Bob Winthrop ...

'' (1917) * '' One Touch of Nature'' (1917) * '' Your Obedient Servant'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1919) *''

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'' (1920) * ''

The Garter Girl ''The Garter Girl'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Corinne Griffith, Sally Crute and Earl Metcalfe.Langman p.49 Cast * Corinne Griffith as Rosalie Ray * Sally Crute as Lynette * Earl Metcalfe as ...

'' (1920) * '' The Vice of Fools'' (1920) * ''

If Women Only Knew ''If Women Only Knew'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Gordon, Madelyn Clare and Blanche Davenport.Munden p.375 Cast * Robert Gordon as Maurice Travers * Madelyn Clare Madelyn Clare (No ...

'' (1921) *'' The Land of Hope'' (1921) * ''

Dawn of the East ''Dawn of the East'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by E. Lloyd Sheldon. The film stars Alice Brady, Kenneth Harlan, Michio Itō, America Chedister, Betty Carpenter, and Harriet Ross. The ...

'' (1921) * ''

Scrambled Wives ''Scrambled Wives'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Marguerite Clark. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and released through Associated First National. This film had one color sequence, presumably a 1-stri ...

'' (1921) * ''

Free Air ''Free Air'' is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. A silent film adaptation of the novel was also released on April 30, 1922. The film starred Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett and Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood. Plot summary "This chee ...

'' (1922) *''

Unseeing Eyes ''Unseeing Eyes'' is a lost 1923 American silent north country drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Edward H. Griffith directed Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen, Louis Wolheim, and Gustav von Seyffertitz ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Go-Getter "The Go-Getter" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the March 1931 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' (as "Sales Resistance"), and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 ''Strand''. Part of the Blandings ...

'' (1923) *''

Week End Husbands ''Week End Husbands'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith produced by Daniel Carson Goodman and released by the Equity Pictures Company. The film stars Alma Rubens and was made in New York. Plot As described in a ...

'' (1924) *''

Another Scandal ''Another Scandal'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. Based on a 1923 novel ''Another Scandal'' by Cosmo Hamilton, the film stars Lois Wilson and Holmes Herbert. Plot As desc ...

'' (1924) *''

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'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) *''

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'' (1926) * ''

Atta Boy ''Atta Boy'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Monty Banks, Virginia Bradford and Ernest Wood.Munden p.29 Cast * Monty Banks as Monty Milde * Virginia Bradford as The Girl * Ernest Wood as Crave ...

'' (1926) * ''

Alias the Lone Wolf ''Alias the Lone Wolf'' is a 1927 silent mystery film directed by Edward H. Griffith. The film is based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Louis Joseph Vance. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Cast *Bert Lytell as Michael ...

'' (1927) * '' The Opening Night'' (1927) *''

Afraid to Love ''Afraid to Love'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Doris Anderson, Francis de Croisset, Fred de Gresac, Alfred Hustwick and Joseph Jackson. The film stars Florence Vidor, Clive Brook, Norman ...

'' (1927) * '' The Price of Honor'' (1927) *''

Captain Swagger ''Captain Swagger'' is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and stars Rod La Rocque. The film was produced and distributed by the Pathé Exchange company.

'' (1928) * ''

The Shady Lady ''The Shady Lady'' is a 1928 American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim.Quinlan p.122 It was made as a part-talkie during the transition from silent to sound film. Synopsi ...

'' (1928) *''

Love Over Night ''Love Over Night'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange and starring Rod La Rocque. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith. A print of ''Love Over Night'' is said to be held at the Museum of Mod ...

'' (1928) * ''

Hold 'Em Yale ''Hold 'Em Yale'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Damon Runyon, Paul Gerard Smith, and Eddie Welch. The film stars Patricia Ellis, Cesar Romero, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley, Andy Devine, and George B ...

'' (1928) *''

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'' (1929) * '' Rich People'' (1929) *''

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'' (1930) *''

Beyond Victory ''Beyond Victory'' is a 1931 American pre-Code war film starring Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Lew Cody, and ZaSu Pitts. While John Robertson received directing credit, Edward H. Griffith supposedly took extensive re-takes after production ended an ...

'' (1931) * '' Rebound'' (1931) *''

The Animal Kingdom ''The Animal Kingdom'' (also known as ''The Woman in His House'' in the UK) is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. ...

'' (1932) * ''

Lady with a Past ''Lady with a Past'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Constance Bennett as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the novel of the same na ...

'' (1932) * ''

Another Language ''Another Language'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes. Plot A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages: ...

'' (1933) *''

Biography of a Bachelor Girl ''Biography of a Bachelor Girl'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Horace Jackson and Anita Loos. It is based upon the play, "Biography," by S. N. Behrman. The film stars Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery ...

'' (1935), also producer *''

No More Ladies ''No More Ladies'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith. The film stars Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, and co-stars Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone, and Edna May Oliver. The screenplay credited to Donald ...

'' (1935), also producer *''

Next Time We Love ''Next Time We Love'' is a 1936 American melodrama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Ray Milland. The adapted screenplay was by Melville Baker, with an uncredited Preston Sturges and Doris A ...

'' (1936) * ''

Ladies in Love ''Ladies in Love'' (1936) is a romantic comedy film based upon the play by Leslie Bush-Fekete. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and stars Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett and Loretta Young. The film revolves around three roommates (Gaynor, ...

'' (1936) *''

Cafe Metropole ''Cafe Metropole'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith, released by 20th Century Fox and starring Loretta Young, Tyrone Power and Adolphe Menjou. Plot In Paris in 1937, Victor Lobard owns the very exclusive Caf ...

'' (1937) * '' I'll Take Romance'' (1937) *''

'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) *''

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'' (1941) *''

Bahama Passage ''Bahama Passage'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Madeleine Carroll and Sterling Hayden. The film was primarily shot on Salt Cay, Turks Islands in Technicolor. Plot When his father dies in an accident, Ad ...

'' (1941) * ''

One Night in Lisbon ''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United States ...

'' (1941) * ''

Young and Willing ''Young and Willing'' is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, and Susan Hayward. With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp based on the play ''Out of the F ...

'' (1943) *'' The Sky's the Limit'' (1943) *''

Perilous Holiday ''Perilous Holiday'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warrick.Stephens p.276 The screenplay concerns a woman newspaper reporter who is on the trail of a smuggling ring operat ...

'' (1946)

Writer

* ''The Resurrection of Dan Packard'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1917) * ''

'' (1919) * ''The Sea Raiders'' (1922) * ''

'' (1927) * '' The Opening Night'' (1927) * ''

'' (1928) * ''

'' (1932) *''

'' (1941)

References

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* 1888 births 1975 deaths Writers from Lynchburg, Virginia Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Film directors from Virginia {{US-film-director-stub