- The only director of a Best Picture winner to never have been nominated for an Oscar, for Grand Hotel (1932). Additionally, Goulding was the only director of a Best Picture winner to never receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Director in its 85-year history, until Ben Affleck for Argo (2012). Since then, Peter Farrelly and Sian Heder have directed Green Book (2018) and CODA (2021) respectively, both of which went on to win Best Picture without either filmmaker ever receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Director.
- Directed 9 actors to Oscar nominations: Gloria Swanson (Best Actress, The Trespasser (1929)), Nancy Carroll (Best Actress, The Devil's Holiday (1930)), Fay Bainter (Best Actress, White Banners (1938)), Bette Davis (Best Actress, Dark Victory (1939)), Mary Astor (Best Supporting Actress, The Great Lie (1941)), Joan Fontaine (Best Actress, The Constant Nymph (1943)), Anne Baxter (Best Supporting Actress, The Razor's Edge (1946)), Clifton Webb (Best Supporting Actor, The Razor's Edge (1946)), and Edmund Gwenn (Best Supporting Actor, Mister 880 (1950)). Astor and Baxter won Oscars for their performances in Goulding's films.
- Former stage actor. Wounded in World War I and emigrated to the United States.
- His wife was so small she had to have her shoes specially made.
- He married his wife very quickly after learning that she was dying from tuberculosis.
- He wrote a screenplay specifically for Joan Crawford, entitled "Never Goodbye", however she rejected the part. In response to his reaction, she said, "What are you bitching for? You got your fifty thousand dollars for writing the damn thing".
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 406-411. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
- His wife, Marjorie Violet Moss, was born in 1893 in London. She was part of a vaudeville dance act during her younger years.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
