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Harry Beaumont

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Harry Beaumont

Born February 10, 1888 in Abilene, Kansas, USADied December 22, 196676 films

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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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Filmography

76 films as director
  1. 1948Alias a GentlemanDirector
  2. 1947Undercover MaisieDirector
  3. 1946The Show-OffDirector
  4. 1946Up Goes MaisieDirector
  5. 1945Twice BlessedDirector
  6. 1944Maisie Goes to RenoDirector
  7. 1937When's Your Birthday?Director
  8. 1936The Girl on the Front PageDirector
  9. 1935Enchanted AprilDirector
  10. 1934Murder in the Private CarDirector
  11. 1933Should Ladies BehaveDirector
  12. 1933When Ladies MeetDirector
  13. 1933Made on BroadwayDirector
  14. 1932FaithlessDirector
  15. 1932UnashamedDirector
  16. 1932Are You Listening?Director
  17. 1931West of BroadwayDirector
  18. 1931The Great LoverDirector
  19. 1931Laughing SinnersDirector
  20. 1931Dance, Fools, DanceDirector
  21. 1930Those Three French GirlsDirector
  22. 1930Our Blushing BridesDirector
  23. 1930The Florodora GirlDirector
  24. 1930Children of PleasureDirector
  25. 1930Lord Byron of BroadwayDirector
  26. 1929SpeedwayDirector
  27. 1929The Broadway MelodyDirector
  28. 1929A Single ManDirector
  29. 1928Our Dancing DaughtersDirector
  30. 1928Forbidden HoursDirector
  31. 1927One Increasing PurposeDirector
  32. 1926WomanpowerDirector
  33. 1926SandyDirector
  34. 1925Rose of the WorldDirector
  35. 1925His Majesty, Bunker BeanDirector
  36. 1925RecompenseDirector
  37. 1924A Lost LadyDirector
  38. 1924The Lover of CamilleDirector
  39. 1924BabbittDirector
  40. 1924Beau BrummelDirector
  41. 1924Don't Doubt Your HusbandDirector
  42. 1923The Gold DiggersDirector
  43. 1923Main StreetDirector
  44. 1923Crinoline and RomanceDirector
  45. 1922Love in the DarkDirector
  46. 1922June MadnessDirector
  47. 1922They Like 'Em RoughDirector
  48. 1922Lights of the DesertDirector
  49. 1922Seeing's BelievingDirector
  50. 1922Very Truly YoursDirector
  51. 1922The Ragged HeiressDirector
  52. 1922Glass HousesDirector
  53. 1922The Fourteenth LoverDirector
  54. 1920Officer 666Director
  55. 1920Stop ThiefDirector
  56. 1920Going SomeDirector
  57. 1920Dollars and SenseDirector
  58. 1920The Great AccidentDirector
  59. 1919The Gay Lord QuexDirector
  60. 1919Toby's BowDirector
  61. 1919Lord and Lady AlgyDirector
  62. 1919The City of ComradesDirector
  63. 1919One of the FinestDirector
  64. 1919The Little RowdyDirector
  65. 1919A Man And His MoneyDirector
  66. 1919A Wild Goose ChaseDirector
  67. 1918Go West, Young ManDirector
  68. 1918Thirty a WeekDirector
  69. 1918Brown of HarvardDirector
  70. 1917Skinner's BabyDirector
  71. 1917Filling His Own ShoesDirector
  72. 1917Skinner's Dress SuitDirector
  73. 1916The Truant SoulDirector
  74. 1916The Little SamaritanDirector
  75. 1916Joyce's StrategyDirector
  76. 1915The Call of the CityDirector