Nationality American Spouse Hazel Daly Role Film director | Name Harry Beaumont Years active 1911–1948 | |
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Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale Occupation Director, actor, screenwriter Children Anne Beaumont, Geraldine Beaumont Movies The Broadway Melody, Our Dancing Daughters, Beau Brummel, Our Blushing Brides, Dance - Fools - Dance Similar People Bessie Love, Charles King, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian, Edmund Goulding | ||
Beau Brummel by Harry Beaumont (1924) - Original Movie
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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- Beau Brummel by Harry Beaumont 1924 Original Movie
- Beau Brumml Full movie American silent film John Barrymore and Mary Astor Harry Beaumont
- Career
- Personal life
- Death
- Director
- Writer
- References
Beau Brumml Full movie | American silent film | John Barrymore and Mary Astor | Harry Beaumont
Career
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.
Personal life
Beaumont was married to actress Hazel Daly. The couple had twin daughters Anne and Geraldine, born in 1922.
Death
On December 22, 1966, Beaumont died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.