From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Edward Buzzell November 13 1900 January 11 1985 was an American film director whose credits for MetroGoldwynMayer included Honolulu 1939 the Marx Brothers films At the Circus 1939 and Go West 1940 the musicals Best Foot Forward 1943 with Lucille Ball and Neptunes Daughter 1949 with Esther Williams and Easy to Wed starring Van Johnson Williams and Ball Buzzell was born in Brooklyn He appeared on Broadway and was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M Cohans Little Johnny Jones with Alice Day Buzzell appeared in a few Vitaphone shorts and the twostrip Technicolor short The Devils Cabaret 1930 as Satans assistant He wrote a few screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced The Milton Berle Show which premiered on television in 1948 Buzzell married actress Ona Munson in 1927 and they divorced in the early 30s He later married actress Lorraine Miller He died in Los Angeles at the age of 84 Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Buzzell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia