[1] Van Beuren was born in New York, the son of Alfred Vignot, who died in 1894, and Marietta Ferguson.

Subsequently, Marietta married Alfred Van Beuren on January 13, 1898, when Amadee was 9 years old, and he took on his stepfather's surname.

Later movies produced included the Frank Buck features Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932), Wild Cargo (1934), and Fang and Claw (1935).

Van Beuren promptly made a counterclaim for $300,000 damages alleged to have been sustained because of Lowell's inexpert performance in the picture.

In making the counterclaim for that sum Van Beuren asserted that Lowell "carelessly, negligently, inefficiently, inexpertly, and improperly acted and performed in the motion picture produced as to seriously impair and damage the reputation, fame, and business capacity of the defendant.