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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.
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. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Filmography
all 71
Movies 71
Director 58
Producer 1
Alias a Gentleman (1948)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
The Show-Off (1946)
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
Twice Blessed (1945)
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
Enchanted April (1935)
Should Ladies Behave (1933)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
Made on Broadway (1933)
Faithless (1932)
Unashamed (1932)
Are You Listening? (1932)
West of Broadway (1931)
The Great Lover (1931)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
The Florodora Girl (1930)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Speedway (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
A Single Man (1929)
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
Forbidden Hours (1928)
One Increasing Purpose (1927)
Womanpower (1926)
Sandy (1926)
Rose of the World (1925)
Recompense (1925)
A Lost Lady (1924)
The Lover of Camille (1924)
Babbitt (1924)
Beau Brummel (1924)
The Gold Diggers (1923)
Main Street (1923)
Crinoline and Romance (1923)
June Madness (1922)
Seeing's Believing (1922)
Glass Houses (1922)
The Fourteenth Lover (1922)
Officer 666 (1920)
Stop Thief (1920)
Dollars and Sense (1920)
The Gay Lord Quex (1919)
Lord and Lady Algy (1919)
One of the Finest (1919)
A Man And His Money (1919)
A Wild Goose Chase (1919)
Thirty a Week (1918)
Brown of Harvard (1918)
Skinner's Baby (1917)
The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916)
The Call of the City (1915)
Alexia's Strategy (1913)
Bread on the Waters (1913)
Over the Back Fence (1913)
An Old Fashioned Elopement (1912)
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun (1912)
The Butler and the Maid (1912)
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Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-02-10
Deathday
1966-12-22 (78 years old)
Birth Place
Abilene, United States
Citizenships
United States
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