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Nationality  American
Spouse  Hazel Daly
Role  Film director
Name  Harry Beaumont
Years active  1911–1948

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Born  February 10, 1888 (1888-02-10) Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
Resting place  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
Occupation  Director, actor, screenwriter
Died  December 22, 1966, Santa Monica, California, United States
Children  Anne Beaumont, Geraldine Beaumont
Nominations  Academy Award for Best Director
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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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.

Director

  • The Call of the City (1915)
  • Lord and Lady Algy (1919)
  • Main Street (1923)
  • The Gold Diggers (1923)
  • Beau Brummel (1924)
  • The Lover of Camille (1924)
  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925)
  • Rose of the World (1925)
  • Forbidden Hours (1928)
  • Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
  • A Single Man (1929)
  • The Broadway Melody (1929)
  • Our Blushing Brides (1930, uncredited)
  • Those Three French Girls (1930)
  • Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
  • Laughing Sinners (1931)
  • Faithless (1932)
  • When Ladies Meet (1933)
  • Enchanted April (1935)
  • The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
  • The Show-Off (1946)
  • Undercover Maisie (1947)
  • Alias a Gentleman (1948)
  • Writer

  • Brown of Harvard (1918)
  • References

    Harry Beaumont Wikipedia