Harry E. Edington
Harry E. Edington (born March 16, 1888 in Washington , Kansas , † March 10, 1949 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American film producer and agent .
Life
As an agent, Edington represented the actresses Greta Garbo and Barbara Kent , whom he had built up to become the stars of the silent film era. He married Kent in 1934 and then tried to establish them for talkies as well. This failed, however, and in 1941 Kent finally withdrew from the film business. Before that, he was married to Arda O'Connor for the first time, but they divorced in 1925. From 1937 Edington also worked as a film producer and was responsible for the production of the early Hitchcock films Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Suspicion . He was nominated for an Oscar in 1942 for the production of the latter .
Edington is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale .
Film productions (selection)
- 1925: Ben Hur (as production manager)
- 1939: The Green Hell
- 1940: lucky (Lucky Partners)
- 1940: Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)
- 1941: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
- 1941: suspected (Suspicion)
Web links
- Harry E. Edington in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Harry E. Edington in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Annette M. D'Agostino: Harold Lloyd: a bio-bibliography . Greenwood Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-313-28986-6 , pp. 179 .
- ↑ Barbara Kent in the All Movie Guide (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edington, Harry E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1949 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills , California |