Harry Beaumont

Harry Beaumont

Born: February 10, 1888
Died: December 22, 1966
in Abilene, Kansas, USA
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.

Movies for Harry Beaumont...

An Absent-Minded Mother
Title: An Absent-Minded Mother
Released: February 28, 1914
Type: Movie
Mrs Grayson accidentally leaves her baby son at a shop and flies into a panic when she returns home to find him missing.
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The Haunted Bedroom
Title: The Haunted Bedroom
Released: December 20, 1913
Type: Movie
Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gaming table!! He does win but there are a few who are determined he shall not reach home with his money. Paul also suffers from a bad heart and with the stress he feels from being set upon, he takes refuge at an inn. He seals the money up in an envelope addressed to Lizette Rouget but dies before he can deliver it safely to her. Lizette is now destitute, Jean having long ago deserted her but the ghost of Paul continues to haunt the inn's bedroom to guard the money from "unworthy hands".
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Alexia's Strategy
Title: Alexia's Strategy
Character: Walter Young
Released: December 6, 1913
Type: Movie
Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the trust company where both young men work.
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Who Will Marry Mary?
Title: Who Will Marry Mary?
Released: July 26, 1913
Type: Movie
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Over the Back Fence
Title: Over the Back Fence
Character: Charles - the Colonel's Nephew
Released: February 3, 1913
Type: Movie
Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence neighbors, feud bitterly with each other and insist the youngsters have nothing to do with each other. The young leads come up with a plan in this pleasant Edison comedy. (IMDb)
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An Old Fashioned Elopement
Title: An Old Fashioned Elopement
Released: December 23, 1912
Type: Movie
Short comedy
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The Totville Eye
Title: The Totville Eye
Character: Tom
Released: November 27, 1912
Type: Movie
A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away.
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The Butler and the Maid
Title: The Butler and the Maid
Character: Frank the Butler
Released: April 26, 1912
Type: Movie
Jennie, a coquettish housemaid, flirts with the grocer's delivery boy and thereby incites the jealousy of her sweetheart, Frank, the butler. Frank goes to his station in the hall and, in his anger, tells the marble statue that is a part of the furnishings of the handsome home, that his sweetheart is as cold as the stone of which it is made. He quiets down, and as he is not very busy, soon becomes drowsy, and dreams that the statue comes to life and goes with him to a ball. While they are walking along the street, a policeman meets them and questions Frank. He gets frightened, they run and as they rush back into the hall, the statue falls and breaks into a thousand pieces. His sweetheart comes down the steps and wakes him up and tells him to answer the bell. Frank's surprise at seeing the statue whole is plainly shown and his delight that is has all been a dream causes him to make up with his sweetheart.