Harry Beaumont

Born: 1888-02-10

From Wikipedia 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. 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.


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Alexia's Strategy

as Walter Young
Released: 1913-12-06

Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of...

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Over the Back Fence

as Charles - the Colonel's Nephew
Released: 1913-02-03

Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence...

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The Totville Eye

as Tom
Released: 1912-11-27

A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away.

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