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.
Filmography
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An Absent-Minded Mother
1914
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The Haunted Bedroom
1913
Alexia's Strategy
1913
as Walter Young
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Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
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Over the Back Fence
1913
as Charles - the Colonel's Nephew
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An Old Fashioned Elopement
1912
The Totville Eye
1912
as Tom
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The Butler and the Maid
1912
as Frank the Butler
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A Daughter of Australia
1912
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Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger
1911
as Gilbert
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A Ticket in Tatts
1911
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One Hundred Years Ago
1911
as Burglar