an additional £7,000. He retired to Killara, Sydney in 1938. Personal life Smith was married to Elsie Fleming from 1911, until his death. She was often an uncredited contributor with his work, helping him write scripts. His brother Gordon managed his finances. Death Smith died on 2 January 1950 in Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards. He was survived by his wife Elsie, he was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Legacy The National Library of Australia tracked down a collection of 300 reels of Smith's films, including all his features. However, when the researchers arrived to collect it they were told that the entire collection had been burnt within the previous weeks, on the advice of an insurance company because of the film's inflammable nature. Selected filmography Our Friends, the Hayseeds (1917) The Hayseeds Come to Sydney (1917) The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show (1917) The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup (1918) Satan in Sydney (1918) Desert Gold (1919) Barry Butts In (1919) The Man from Snowy River (1920) – based on the poem by Banjo Paterson A Journey through Filmland (1921) – documentary The Betrayer (1921) While the Billy Boils (1921) – based on the stories of Henry Lawson The Gentleman Bushranger (1922) Townies and Hayseeds (1923) Prehistoric Hayseeds (1923) The Digger Earl (1924) Joe (1924) – based on the story by Henry Lawson Hullo Marmaduke (1925) The Adventures of Algy (1925) The Hayseeds (1933) Splendid Fellows (1934) Selected Theatre Credits Seven Little Australians (1916) While the Billy Boils (1916) – adaptation Joe Wilson and His Mates (1916) – adaptation References External links Beaumont Smith biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography Beaumont Smith at Trove Beaumont Smith items at the National Film and Sound Archive Australian film directors People from Sydney 1885 births 1950 deaths People from Hallett, South Australia