Harry Beaumont

Harry Beaumont

1888-02-10 – 1966-12-22 (age 78) Abilene, Kansas, USA
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Biography

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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.[4] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

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Known For

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The Butler and the Maid

1912

as Frank the Butler

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One Hundred Years Ago

1911

as Burglar

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Over the Back Fence

1913

as Charles - the Colonel's Nephew

Alexia's Strategy
Alexia's Strategy

1913

as Walter Young

The Totville Eye
The Totville Eye

1912

as Tom