Harry Beaumont: Harry Beaumont. Director: The Broadway Melody. Born in Abilene, KS, in 1888, Harry Beaumont started his show-business career early--he quit school to become an actor in a traveling stock company, and eventually made his way to the New York stage. In 1912 he began working as a film actor for Edison studios--which was headquartered across the river in New Jersey--in everything from two-reel shorts to serials, and also began writing...
Known For: The Broadway Melody (Director), June Madness (Director), The Little Rowdy (Director), Brown of Harvard (Director)