Harry Beaumont
1888 - 1966Harry 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.
Officer 666
Harry Beaumont
Tom Moore, Jean Calhoun
Upon learning that notorious art thief Alf Wilson plans to steal his valuable paintings, idle millionaire Travers Gladwyn decides to amuse himself by guarding his own home. After bribing Policeman Phelan, Officer 666, with a $500 bill, Travers dons the officer's uniform and identity. When Wilson appears at his mansion, Travers questions him and discovers that Wilson is posing as Travers, claiming that he is packing up his paintings for safe keeping. ...
Officer 666
One Increasing Purpose
Harry Beaumont
Edmund Lowe, Lila Lee
Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him that his life has a "greater purpose" in the scheme of things, so he sets about to find that purpose.
One Increasing Purpose
The Lover of Camille
Harry Beaumont
Monte Blue, Marie Prevost
The Lover of Camille was a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, and starring Monte Blue. The film was based on the French novel Deburau by Sacha Guitry, which was also adapted into a Broadway play by Harley Granville-Barker.
The Lover of Camille
Sandy
Harry Beaumont
Madge Bellamy, Leslie Fenton
Sandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents runs with a fast young set. An auto breakdown after a party places her in a compromising situation, and she grudgingly marries a wealthy suitor of her father's choice. When her husband's cruelty results in the death of her child, she leaves him and meets Ramon, an architect with whom she becomes infatuated. The return of his former mistress causes her to seek refuge with her cousin Judith, where she falls in love with Douglas, Judith's sweetheart. As Sandy refuses to return to Ramon, he shoots her and then kills himself. Douglas, taking the blame for her sake, is tried for murder, but Sandy rises from her sickbed and confesses in court; she succumbs after restoring Judith to Douglas.
Sandy
When Ladies Meet
Harry Beaumont
Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
When Ladies Meet
Beau Brummel
Harry Beaumont
John Barrymore, Mary Astor
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
Beau Brummel
Dance, Fools, Dance
Harry Beaumont
Joan Crawford, Lester Vail
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.
Dance, Fools, Dance
