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Harry Beaumont

Born 10 Feb 1888 in Abilene, Kansas, USADied 22 Dec 1966aged 78125 credits

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.

Harry Beaumont war ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur, Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor. Er arbeitete für verschiedene Produktionsfirmen, darunter Fox, Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Brothers und Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Beaumonts größte Erfolge feierte er in der Stummfilmzeit, als er unter anderem John Barrymores „Beau Brummel“ (1924) und den Stummfilm „Our Dancing Daughters“ (1928) mit Joan Crawford in der Hauptrolle inszenierte. Anschließend führte er Regie bei MGMs erstem Tonfilm-Musical „The Broadway Melody“ (1929). Dieser Film gewann im selben Jahr den Oscar für den besten Film, und Beaumont wurde für die beste Regie nominiert. Beaumont war mit der Schauspielerin Hazel Daly verheiratet. Das Paar hatte Zwillingsmädchen, Anne und Geraldine, geboren 1922.

Director de cine estadounidense, nacido en Abilene (Kansas). Comienza muy joven en el mundo del espectáculo como actor de teatro, para dedicarse más tarde en exclusiva al cine. Tras una primera experiencia como actor, comienza a realizar otras labores, como montador, ayudante de dirección o guionista, hasta que debuta como director en 1916. Algunos de sus grandes éxitos, como Go west, young man, La ciudad de los camaradas o Los cuatro rivales, le convierten en uno de los directores más prestigiosos de los años veinte. Su fama le lleva a firmar un contrato con Louis B. Mayer. Realiza entonces para la naciente Metro Goldwyn Mayer la primera versión cinematográfica del personaje de Beau Brummel en El árbitro de la elegancia (1924), protagonizada por John Barrymore y una jovencísima Mary Astor. Ese mismo año adapta el clásico de Sinclair Lewis Babbit en Por mandato de su hijo. Su experiencia y conocimiento del mundo del teatro, así como su magnífica adaptación a los métodos de trabajo que impuso el cine sonoro, le llevan a dirigir la que es su gran película, Melodías de Broadway (1928). Irving Thalberg, el niño prodigio de Hollywood de finales de los veinte y principios de los treinta, le encarga llevar a la pantalla un guión de Norman Huston basado en una historia de Edmund Goulding, director de otro de los grandes éxitos de la Metro, Gran Hotel. Con Bessie Love, Charles King y Anita Page en los principales papeles y el mítico Cedric Gibbons en la dirección artística, la película supera la barrera de los dos millones de dólares recaudados y se convierte en la gran triunfadora de los Premios de la Academia del año 1929, la segunda ceremonia de la historia en la entrega de estos premios. Además del Oscar a la mejor película, Beaumont consigue el premio al mejor director. La película inicia un ciclo de secuelas de parecido título prolongado a lo largo de los años y la partitura de Nacio Herb Brown y Arthur Freed se convierte en uno de los primeros clásicos del cine musical. Curiosamente, se trata de la primera película de la historia del cine en la que se utilizó el play-back para el rodaje de algunos de los números musicales, y no música en directo como hasta entonces. El éxito de Melodias de Broadway hace que Beaumont se convierta en uno de los mejores directores del cine musical y que intente repetir sin éxito la fórmula en muchas de sus siguientes películas, como Danzad, locos, danzad, Lejos de Broadway o La mujer que he creado.

Directing (41)

Alias a Gentleman
Alias a Gentleman1948 · Director
Undercover Maisie
Undercover Maisie1947 · Director
Up Goes Maisie
Up Goes Maisie1946 · Director
The Show-Off
The Show-Off1946 · Director
Twice Blessed
Twice Blessed1945 · Director
Maisie Goes to Reno
Maisie Goes to Reno1944 · Director
When's Your Birthday?
When's Your Birthday?1937 · Director
The Girl on the Front Page
The Girl on the Front Page1936 · Director
Enchanted April
Enchanted April1935 · Director
Murder in the Private Car
Murder in the Private Car1934 · Director
Should Ladies Behave
Should Ladies Behave1933 · Director
When Ladies Meet
When Ladies Meet1933 · Director
Made on Broadway
Made on Broadway1933 · Director
Faithless
Faithless1932 · Director
Unashamed
Unashamed1932 · Director
Are You Listening?
Are You Listening?1932 · Director
Great Day
Great Day1930 · Director
The Broadway Melody
The Broadway Melody1929 · Director
A Noise in Newboro
A Noise in Newboro1923 · Director
The $5 Baby
The $5 Baby1922 · Director
Heartsease
Heartsease1919 · Director
The Rainbow Box
The Rainbow Box1917 · Director
The Long Green Trail
The Long Green Trail1917 · Director
Local Color
Local Color1917 · Director
Skinner's Bubble
Skinner's Bubble1917 · Director
Burning the Candle
Burning the Candle1917 · Director
Twin Fates
Twin Fates1916 · Director
The Roughneck
The Roughneck1916 · Director
His Little Wife
His Little Wife1916 · Director
Destiny
Destiny1916 · Director
A Million for a Baby
A Million for a Baby1916 · Director
A Rose of Italy
A Rose of Italy1916 · Director
The Truant Soul
The Truant Soul1916 · Director
The White Alley
The White Alley1916 · Director
Her Happiness
Her Happiness1915 · Director
For His Mother
For His Mother1915 · Director
A Sprig of Shamrock
A Sprig of Shamrock1915 · Director
The Bedouin's Sacrifice
The Bedouin's Sacrifice1915 · Director
On the Wrong Track
On the Wrong Track1915 · Director
The Land of Adventure
The Land of Adventure1915 · Director
My Friend from India
My Friend from India1914 · Director

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Writing (4)

Acting (79)

The Roughneck
The Roughneck1916 · Jimmie Dugan
Putting It Over
Putting It Over1916 · Victor Evans
His Little Wife
His Little Wife1916 · Tom Willard
The Grouch
The Grouch1916 · Jimmie Bradley
The Discard
The Discard1916 · Keith Bourne
The White Alley
The White Alley1916 · Ernest Chapin
The Master Mummer
The Master Mummer1915 · Arthur Weston
The Stoning
The Stoning1915 · Alec Peters
Her Proper Place
Her Proper Place1915 · Tom Reynolds
That Heavenly Cook
That Heavenly Cook1915 · The Husband
Her Husband's Son
Her Husband's Son1915 · Robert Willard Jr.
Jack Kennard, Coward
Jack Kennard, Coward1915 · Edward Cottrell
Tracked by the Hounds
Tracked by the Hounds1915 · Frank Johnson - the Adjoining Farmer
A Thorn Among Roses
A Thorn Among Roses1915
Poisoned by Jealousy
Poisoned by Jealousy1915 · Enrico
In Spite of All
In Spite of All1915 · Jack Knickerbocker
Her Vocation
Her Vocation1915 · Bob Sheldon
Young Mrs. Winthrop
Young Mrs. Winthrop1915 · Herbert - Mrs. Douglas Winthrop's Brother
Cheese Mining
Cheese Mining1914 · Cheese Miner Foreman
His Chorus Girl Wife
His Chorus Girl Wife1914 · Reggie
A Boarding House Romance
A Boarding House Romance1914
The Borrowed Finery
The Borrowed Finery1914
The Witness to the Will
The Witness to the Will1914 · Major Beldon Thorndyke
The Ever-Gallant Marquis
The Ever-Gallant Marquis1914 · The Marquis
Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress
Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress1914
His Sob Story
His Sob Story1914 · Another Reporter
The Man of Destiny
The Man of Destiny1914
A Princess of the Desert
A Princess of the Desert1914
The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints
The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints1914
The Mystery of the Silver Snare
The Mystery of the Silver Snare1914
The Mystery of the Octagonal Room
The Mystery of the Octagonal Room1914
The Shattered Tree
The Shattered Tree1914 · Harry Norwood
Who Goes There?
Who Goes There?1914 · Lt. Enright
An Absent-Minded Cupid
An Absent-Minded Cupid1914 · George
The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek
The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek1914
A Transplanted Prairie Flower
A Transplanted Prairie Flower1914 · Jim
Treasure Trove
Treasure Trove1914 · Frank
Mother's Lazy Boy
Mother's Lazy Boy1913 · Harry Vane - The Village Belle's Beau
The Haunted Bedroom
The Haunted Bedroom1913
The Golden Wedding
The Golden Wedding1913 · The Young Bridegroom
The Girl and the Outlaw
The Girl and the Outlaw1913
A Face from the Past
A Face from the Past1913 · The Landlord's Son
Two Little Kittens
Two Little Kittens1913 · Arnold Graves
The Two Merchants
The Two Merchants1913 · The Clerk
A Woodland Paradise
A Woodland Paradise1913 · Adam Milford
The Substitute Stenographer
The Substitute Stenographer1913 · The Guilty Clerk
The Dancer
The Dancer1913 · Warren Lang - the Instructor's Son
The Contents of the Suitcase
The Contents of the Suitcase1913
The Photograph and the Blotter
The Photograph and the Blotter1913 · Jack - Elsie's Fiance
The Mystery of the Dover Express
The Mystery of the Dover Express1913
Love's Old Sweet Song
Love's Old Sweet Song1913 · Algy Price
Leonie
Leonie1913 · Pendleton - 1st Artist
Joyce of the North Woods
Joyce of the North Woods1913
It Wasn't Poison After All
It Wasn't Poison After All1913 · The Druggist's Clerk
A Light on Troubled Waters
A Light on Troubled Waters1913
False to Their Trust
False to Their Trust1913 · The Secretary
Elise, the Forester's Daughter
Elise, the Forester's Daughter1913 · Jean - The Fiddler
Scenes of Other Days
Scenes of Other Days1913 · Their Son
Newcomb's Necktie
Newcomb's Necktie1913 · Clerk
Her Royal Highness
Her Royal Highness1913

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