Harry Beaumont

Biography

From Wikipedia 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.

Directed

1. The Broadway Melody (1929) — Director
2. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) — Director
3. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) — Director
4. Our Blushing Brides (1930) — Director
5. When Ladies Meet (1933) — Director
6. Murder in the Private Car (1934) — Director
7. Beau Brummel (1924) — Director
8. Laughing Sinners (1931) — Director
9. Should Ladies Behave (1933) — Director
10. Faithless (1932) — Director
11. Speedway (1929) — Director
12. Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) — Director
13. Those Three French Girls (1930) — Director
14. Lord Byron of Broadway (1930) — Director
15. The Florodora Girl (1930) — Director
16. Enchanted April (1935) — Director
17. Are You Listening? (1932) — Director
18. Alias a Gentleman (1948) — Director
19. The Gold Diggers (1923) — Director
20. The Great Lover (1931) — Director
21. West of Broadway (1931) — Director
22. Up Goes Maisie (1946) — Director
23. Unashamed (1932) — Director
24. Children of Pleasure (1930) — Director
25. Made on Broadway (1933) — Director
26. The Show-Off (1946) — Director
27. Main Street (1923) — Director
28. The Girl on the Front Page (1936) — Director
29. Undercover Maisie (1947) — Director
30. When's Your Birthday? (1937) — Director
31. Twice Blessed (1945) — Director
32. Officer 666 (1920) — Director
33. The Call of the City (1915) — Director
34. Dollars and Sense (1920) — Director
35. Glass Houses (1922) — Director
36. Stop Thief (1920) — Director
37. A Wild Goose Chase (1919) — Director
38. One of the Finest (1919) — Director
39. The Gay Lord Quex (1919) — Director
40. Recompense (1925) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Over the Back Fence (1913) — Charles - the Colonel's Nephew
2. The Haunted Bedroom (1913)
3. The Totville Eye (1912) — Tom
4. The Butler and the Maid (1912) — Frank the Butler
5. An Absent-Minded Mother (1914)
6. Alexia's Strategy (1913) — Walter Young
7. An Old Fashioned Elopement (1912)
8. A Daughter of Australia (1912)
9. Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger (1911) — Gilbert
10. A Ticket in Tatts (1911)
11. One Hundred Years Ago (1911) — Burglar
12. Who Will Marry Mary? (1913)