Harry Beaumont
Known for DirectingBorn 1888-02-10 — died 1966-12-22Abilene, Kansas, USA
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Harry Beaumont (February 10, 1888 – December 22, 1966) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked for a variety of production companies including Fox, Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Brothers, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Beaumont's greatest successes were during the silent film era, when he directed films including John Barrymore's Beau Brummel (1924) and the silent youth movie Our Dancing Daughters (1928), featuring Joan Crawford.
He then directed MGM's first talkie musical, The Broadway Melody (1929). The latter film won the Best Picture Academy Award that year, and Beaumont was nominated for Best Director.
Beaumont was married to actress Hazel Daly. The couple had twin daughters Anne and Geraldine, born in 1922.
On December 22, 1966, Beaumont died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.[4] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Known for
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
The Butler and the Maid
1912 · as Frank the Butler
Over the Back Fence
1913 · as Charles - the Colonel's Nephew
One Hundred Years Ago
1911 · as Burglar
The Totville Eye
1912 · as Tom
An Old Fashioned Elopement
1912
An Absent-Minded Mother
1914
A Daughter of Australia
1912
Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger
1911 · as Gilbert
The Haunted Bedroom
1913
Alexia's Strategy
1913 · as Walter Young
A Ticket in Tatts
1911