18 Facts About Edward Bernds

Edward Bernds was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois.

Edward Bernds soon established himself as Columbia's best recording technician.

Edward Bernds wanted to be a director, but could not work up the nerve to approach Columbia president Harry Cohn about the reassignment.

Edward Bernds's first directorial assignment was a public-service short cautioning audiences against spreading rumors during wartime.

In 1945, Edward Bernds became a screenwriter and director for McCollum's comedy short subjects.

Years later, Edward Bernds discussed his trying experience during the filming of A Bird in the Head:.

Edward Bernds often commented that he and Columbia short-subjects chief Jules White never really got along.

Edward Bernds struggled through three additional films, all released in 1946, until the comedian suffered a debilitating stroke that ended his career.

When Shemp Howard replaced his brother Curly as the third Stooge, it breathed new life into the Stooges' films, and allowed Edward Bernds to add new flair and wit to the team's antics.

Edward Bernds worked for the McCollum unit, usually collaborating on scripts with Elwood Ullman.

In 1948 Edward Bernds began directing feature films, his first efforts being the Blondie comedies with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.

In 1951 Edward Bernds directed Gold Raiders, an independently produced comedy-western co-starring veteran cowboy star George O'Brien and The Three Stooges.

Edward Bernds directed Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and company as though he was still working with the Stooges; the Edward Bernds efforts in the series have the most slapstick content.

Edward Bernds has the distinction of receiving an Oscar nomination by mistake.

Edward Bernds graduated to dramatic features in the late 1950s, although he was reunited with the Three Stooges in the 1960s for their feature films, and the live-action portions of their TV cartoons in The New 3 Stooges; due to their advancing age and the constraints of children's television, he was forced to tone down much of the slapstick.

Edward Bernds is known for directing the cult classic science fiction films World Without End, Queen of Outer Space and Valley of the Dragons.

Edward Bernds's autobiography is Mr Edward Bernds Goes to Hollywood, published in 1999.

Outliving most of his peers, Edward Bernds died peacefully on May 20,2000, in Van Nuys, California.