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Harry Beaumont

Harry Beaumont

Director · Died December 22, 1966, aged 78 · 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 10, 1888
Died
December 22, 1966 (aged 78)
From
Abilene, Kansas, USA
Works as
Director
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 12% in 30 days

What are Harry Beaumont's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Bonds
27%
Self
21%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Society
4%
Survival
3%
Deception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Tense
4
Joyful
4
Romantic
4
Thrilling
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Harry Beaumont's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Harry Beaumont's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

88 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Alias a Gentleman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

  • Undercover Maisie(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Show-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Up Goes Maisie(1946)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Twice Blessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Maisie Goes to Reno(1944)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • When's Your Birthday?(1937)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Girl on the Front Page (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Enchanted April (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • Murder in the Private Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Should Ladies Behave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • When Ladies Meet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Made on Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Faithless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Unashamed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Are You Listening? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • West of Broadway(1931)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Great Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Laughing Sinners(1931)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Dance, Fools, Dance(1931)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Those Three French Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Our Blushing Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director · Producer

  • The Florodora Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Children of Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Lord Byron of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Speedway(1929)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Broadway Melody(1929)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Single Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • Our Dancing Daughters(1928)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Forbidden Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • One Increasing Purpose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Womanpower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Sandy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Rose of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Recompense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • A Lost Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • The Lover of Camille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Babbitt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Beau Brummel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Don't Doubt Your Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • The Gold Diggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Main Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director · Editor

  • Crinoline and Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Love in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director · Producer

  • June Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director · Writer

  • They Like 'Em Rough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Lights of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Seeing's Believing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Very Truly Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • The Ragged Heiress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Glass Houses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • The Fourteenth Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Director

  • Officer 666 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Stop Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Going Some (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Dollars and Sense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Great Accident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Gay Lord Quex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • Toby's Bow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • Lord and Lady Algy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • The City of Comrades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • One of the Finest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • The Little Rowdy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director · Story

  • A Man And His Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • A Wild Goose Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Director

  • Go West, Young Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • Thirty a Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director

  • Brown of Harvard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Director · Scenario Writer

  • Skinner's Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • Filling His Own Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director · Scenario Writer

  • Skinner's Dress Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Director

  • The Truant Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director

  • The Little Samaritan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director · Scenario Writer

  • Joyce's Strategy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Director

  • The Call of the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Director

  • An Absent-Minded Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Actor

  • The Haunted Bedroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Actor

  • Alexia's Strategy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Walter Young

  • Who Will Marry Mary? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Actor

  • Over the Back Fence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Charles - the Colonel's Nephew

  • An Old Fashioned Elopement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Actor

  • The Totville Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Tom

  • The Butler and the Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Frank the Butler

  • A Daughter of Australia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Writer · Actor

  • Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    as Gilbert

  • A Ticket in Tatts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Actor

  • One Hundred Years Ago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    as Burglar

Career shape

A full career of 88 titles from 1911 to 1948.

Biggest box office

The Broadway Melody (1929)

$213 worldwide

Highest rated

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Midcredits 70th

Most popular right now

The Broadway Melody (1929)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 88: 11 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting76 of 88: 68 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stWriting6 of 88: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing2 of 88: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 88: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

88 titles, 9 with more than one role.

By decade

1910s30 · 12 acting · 19 crew1920s33 · crew1930s19 · crew1940s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Harry Beaumont's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director

Laughing Sinners (1931)

65th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Midcredits 70th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Harry Beaumont work with?

People who share at least 2 of Harry Beaumont's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; George Hively shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers