Clarence Brown

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-05-10 (97 years old)

Deathday

1987-08-17

Place of Birth

Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Clarence Brown

Biography

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 no...

Acting

1924

The Signal Tower

as Switch Man

1929

Navy Blues

as Roller Coaster Rider

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1988

Dead Heat

as Harry Latham

Production

1931

Inspiration

as Director

1937

Conquest

as Director

1953

Never Let Me Go

as Producer

1941

1928

1930

Anna Christie

as Director

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Director

1934

Sadie McKee

as Director

1940

Edison, the Man

as Director

1951

1926

1936

1945

National Velvet

as Director

1943

The Human Comedy

as Producer

1943

The Human Comedy

as Director

1946

The Yearling

as Director

1934

Chained

as Director

1935

Anna Karenina

as Director

1949

1931

Possessed

as Director

1931

A Free Soul

as Director

1952

1951

1933

Night Flight

as Director

1930

Romance

as Director

1941

1932

Emma

as Director

1925

1935

Ah, Wilderness!

as Director

1935

Ah, Wilderness!

as Producer

1925

The Eagle

as Director

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Director

1939

The Rains Came

as Director

1936

1925

The Goose Woman

as Director

1947

Song of Love

as Director

1928

The Trail of '98

as Director

1922

1932

Letty Lynton

as Director

1923

1952

When in Rome

as Director

1950

To Please a Lady

as Director

1926

Kiki

as Director

1929

Wonder of Women

as Director

1932

The Son-Daughter

as Director

1924

The Signal Tower

as Director

1929

Navy Blues

as Producer

1929

Navy Blues

as Director

1931

Inspiration

as Producer

1931

Possessed

as Producer

1933

Looking Forward

as Director

1933

Looking Forward

as Producer

1934

Chained

as Producer

1918

The Blue Bird

as Editor

1920

1921

1916

1936

1936

1926

Kiki

as Producer

1951

1917

The Pride of the Clan

as Assistant Director

1945

National Velvet

as Producer

1924

Butterfly

as Director

1950

To Please a Lady

as Producer

1949

1949

1923

The Acquittal

as Director

1916

1916

The Closed Road

as Assistant Director

1920

1916

1916

The Rail Rider

as Assistant Director

1930

Romance

as Producer

1915

The Cub

as Editor

1933

Night Flight

as Producer

1917

1947

Song of Love

as Producer

1928

The Trail of '98

as Producer

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