- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 10, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- August 17, 1987
Clarence Brown
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. After serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for The Great Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall. Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven. Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an Academy Award as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina, starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival. Brown's films gained…
Filmography
movieDead Heat
1988 · Harry Latham
movieFats Domino Live from Austin Texas
1986 · Batterie
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "Need to Know")
movieNever Let Me Go
1953 · Producer
moviePlymouth Adventure
1952 · Director
movieWhen in Rome
1952 · Director
movieIt's a Big Country
1951 · Director
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951 · Director, Producer
movieTo Please a Lady
1950 · Director, Producer
movieIntruder in the Dust
1949 · Director, Producer
movieThe Secret Garden
1949 · Producer
movieSong of Love
1947 · Director, Producer
movieThe Yearling
1946 · Director
movieNational Velvet
1945 · Director, Producer
movieThe White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Director, Producer
movieThe Human Comedy
1943 · Producer, Director
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941 · Director
movieCome Live with Me
1941 · Director
movieEdison, the Man
1940 · Director
movieThe Rains Came
1939 · Director
movieIdiot's Delight
1939 · Director
movieHollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
movieOf Human Hearts
1938 · Director
movieConquest
1937 · Director
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Director, Producer
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936 · Director, Producer
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935 · Director, Producer
movieAnna Karenina
1935 · Director
movieChained
1934 · Director, Producer
movieSadie McKee
1934 · Director
movieNight Flight
1933 · Director, Producer
movieLooking Forward
1933 · Director, Producer
movieThe Son-Daughter
1932 · Director
movieLetty Lynton
1932 · Director
movieEmma
1932 · Director
moviePossessed
1931 · Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited), Director, Producer
movieA Free Soul
1931 · Director
movieInspiration
1931 · Director, Producer
movieRomance
1930 · Director, Producer
movieAnna Christie
1930 · Director
movieNavy Blues
1929 · Roller Coaster Rider, Producer, Director
movieWonder of Women
1929 · Director
movieA Woman of Affairs
1928 · Director
movieThe Trail of '98
1928 · Director, Producer
movieFlesh and the Devil
1926 · Director
movieKiki
1926 · Director, Producer
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieThe Eagle
1925 · Director
movieThe Goose Woman
1925 · Director
movieSmouldering Fires
1925 · Director
movieButterfly
1924 · Director
movieThe Signal Tower
1924 · Switch Man, Director
movieThe Acquittal
1923 · Director
movieDon't Marry for Money
1923 · Director
movieThe Light in the Dark
1922 · Director, Writer
movieThe Foolish Matrons
1921 · Director
movieThe Last of the Mohicans
1920 · Co-Director
movieThe Great Redeemer
1920 · Director
movieThe Blue Bird
1918 · Editor
movieA Girl's Folly
1917 · Editor
movieThe Pride of the Clan
1917 · Editor, Assistant Director
movieThe Velvet Paw
1916 · Editor, Assistant Director
movieThe Rail Rider
1916 · Editor, Assistant Director
movieThe Closed Road
1916 · Editor, Assistant Director
The Hand of Peril
movieThe Hand of Peril
1916 · Editor
movieThe Cub
1915 · Editor