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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 [[20th Century Fox|Fox]], [[Goldwyn Pictures Corporation|Goldwyn]], [[Metro Pictures Corporation|Metro]], [[Warner Brothers]] and [[MGM]]. |
'''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 [[20th Century Fox|Fox]], [[Goldwyn Pictures Corporation|Goldwyn]], [[Metro Pictures Corporation|Metro]], [[Warner Brothers]] and [[MGM]]. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Beaumont's greatest successes were during the silent film era, when he directed films including [[John Barrymore]]’s ''[[Beau Brummel (1924 film)|Beau Brummel]]'' (1924), the silent youth movie ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]'' (1928), featuring [[Joan Crawford]]. Beaumont also directed MGM's first [[talkie]] musical, ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'' in 1929. The film won the [[Best Picture]] [[Academy Award]] that year, and Beaumont was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]. |
Beaumont's greatest successes were during the silent film era, when he directed films including [[John Barrymore]]’s ''[[Beau Brummel (1924 film)|Beau Brummel]]'' (1924), the silent youth movie ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]'' (1928), featuring [[Joan Crawford]]. Beaumont also directed MGM's first [[talkie]] musical, ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'' in 1929. The film won the [[Best Picture]] [[Academy Award]] that year, and Beaumont was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]. |
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===Director=== |
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Revision as of 05:12, 5 April 2013
Harry Beaumont | |
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 Beaumont directing a scene for the 1919 film A Man and His Money | |
| Born | February 10, 1888 Abilene, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1966 (aged 78) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Director, actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1911–1948 |
| Spouse | Hazel Daly |
| Children | 2 |
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 MGM.
Career
Beaumont's greatest successes were during the silent film era, when he directed films including John Barrymore’s Beau Brummel (1924), the silent youth movie Our Dancing Daughters (1928), featuring Joan Crawford. Beaumont also directed MGM's first talkie musical, The Broadway Melody in 1929. The 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.[1] The couple had twin daughters Anne and Geraldine, born in 1922.[2][3]
Death
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.
Selected filmography
Director
- Main Street (1923)
- The Gold Diggers (1923)
- Beau Brummel (1924)
- The Lover of Camille (1924)
- Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
- 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)
Writer
- Brown of Harvard (1918)
References
- ^ "Musical Shows Seen As Field For Sound Film". St. Petersburg Times. January 13, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ^ "Harry Beaumont Proud Father Of Twin Girls ". The Baltimore Sun. September 17, 1922. p. D5.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Weaver, Sylva (April 11, 1939). "Eastertide Divides Desert Folk". The Los Angeles Times. p. A5.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Funeral Set for Harry Beaumont". The Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1966. p. B3.
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Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century American actors
- Actors from Kansas
- American film directors
- American film producers
- American silent film actors
- American screenwriters
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- People from Dickinson County, Kansas
- Short film directors
- Silent film directors
- American film director, 1880s birth stubs