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Clarence Brown

Clarence Brown

Highest Rated: 100% Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

Lowest Rated: 40% Idiot's Delight (1939)

Birthday: May 10, 1890

Birthplace: Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Although he trained as an engineer and expected to pursue a career in the automotive industry, Clarence Brown became enamoured of the burgeoning new industry of filmmaking around 1914 and switched careers. The Massachusetts-born, Tennessee-raised Brown became an assistant to director Maurice Tourneur at Peerless Studio in New Jersey. Following WWI (during which he served as a flying instructor), he rejoined Tourneur and got his first chance to direct a film when his mentor fell ill during the shooting of "The Last of the Mohicans" (1920). Later that year, Brown made his solo directing debut with "The Great Redeemer," co-written by actor John Gilbert.

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ANNA KARENINA, from left: director Clarence Brown, Cora Sue Collins, Fredric March, Greta Garbo on set, 1935 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, Irene Dunne with director, Clarence Brown, on set, 1944 THEY MET IN BOMBAY, director Clarence Brown, Rosalind Russell looking at photographs on set, 1941 POSSESSED, director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford on set, 1931 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (seated at camera) filming Joan Crawford, Clark Gable cheek to cheek on set, 1934 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, 1936 CONQUEST, foreground from left: cinematographer Karl Freund, director Clarence Brown, Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, 1937 conquest1937-fsct01(conquest1937-fsct01) FLESH AND THE DEVIL, director Clarence Brown, (left), John Gilbert, (in carriage), on-set, 1926 EMMA, Purnell Pratt, Marie Dressler, director Clarence Brown (standing on crane) filming on set, 1932 WIFE VS. SECRETARY, director Clarence Brown, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Clark Gable on set, 1936 CHAINED, director Clarence Brown (right) shows Clark Gable the tail of the rattlesnake he shot on the front lawn of his home on set, 1934 THE HUMAN COMEDY, Director Clarence Brown and author William Saroyan on movie set, 1943
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 62% Never Let Me Go Producer - 1953
No Score Yet 36% Plymouth Adventure Director - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet When in Rome Director - 1952
No Score Yet 25% It's a Big Country Director - 1951
83% 65% Angels in the Outfield Director,
Producer 		- 1951
No Score Yet 30% To Please a Lady Director,
Producer 		- 1950
93% 83% Intruder in the Dust Director,
Producer 		- 1949
No Score Yet 75% The Secret Garden Producer - 1949
No Score Yet 65% Song of Love Director,
Producer 		- 1947
100% 76% The Yearling Director - 1946
80% 57% The White Cliffs of Dover Director - 1944
98% 78% National Velvet Director - 1944
83% 68% The Human Comedy Director,
Producer 		- 1943
No Score Yet 68% Come Live With Me Director,
Producer 		- 1941
No Score Yet 62% They Met in Bombay Director - 1941
80% 62% Edison, the Man Director - 1940
40% 46% Idiot's Delight Director,
Producer 		- 1939
67% 65% The Rains Came Director - 1939
No Score Yet 54% Of Human Hearts Director - 1938
100% 56% Conquest Director - 1937
No Score Yet 32% The Gorgeous Hussy Director - 1936
No Score Yet 70% Wife vs. Secretary Director,
Producer 		- 1936
100% 57% Ah, Wilderness! Director,
Producer 		- 1935
86% 70% Anna Karenina Director - 1935
No Score Yet 68% Chained Director,
Producer 		- 1934
No Score Yet 72% Sadie McKee Director - 1934
No Score Yet 20% Night Flight Director - 1933
No Score Yet 60% Looking Forward Director,
Producer 		- 1933
No Score Yet 69% Emma Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Son-Daughter Director - 1932
No Score Yet 58% A Free Soul Director - 1931
No Score Yet 69% Possessed Director,
Producer 		- 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Possessed Director - 1931
No Score Yet 48% Inspiration Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Navy Blues Director - 1930
No Score Yet 22% Romance Director - 1930
No Score Yet 58% Anna Christie Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trail of '98 Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wonder of Women Director - 1929
No Score Yet 72% A Woman of Affairs Director - 1928
No Score Yet 38% Kiki Director - 1926
94% 84% Flesh and the Devil Director - 1926
83% 71% The Eagle Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Goose Woman Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smouldering Fires Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Signal Tower Switch Man (Character),
Director 		- 1924
80% 59% The Last of the Mohicans Director - 1920
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pride of the Clan Film Editing - 1917
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Butterfly on the Wheel Film Editing - 1915