Image of Harry Beaumont

Harry Beaumont

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.


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Feb 10, 1888 In Abilene, Kansas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie The Butler and the Maid 1912-04-26
Latest Project:
Movie What Could She Do? 1914-11-20
Known For
Poster of Over the Back Fence
Poster of The Totville Eye
Filmography
Movie What Could She Do? Billy Banners 1914-11-20
Movie An Absent-Minded Mother 1914-02-28
Movie Over the Back Fence Charles - the Colonel's Nephew 1913-02-03
Movie Alexia's Strategy Walter Young 1913-12-06
Movie The Haunted Bedroom 1913-12-20
Movie The Butler and the Maid Frank the Butler 1912-04-26
Movie An Old Fashioned Elopement 1912-12-23
Movie The Totville Eye Tom 1912-11-27